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52. Significance of religion in the history of culture

Studying the history of the development of world culture, the factors that influenced this development, the fact becomes indisputable that the significance of religion in the history of culture is enormous.

At the first stage of human development, phenomena and objects, human occupations created the first religion. Ancient man worshiped the tools of labor, thanks to which he survived. (fetishism), believed in the divine origin of natural phenomena (rain, wind, sun, etc.) (animism). That is, it was the culture of ancient people that influenced the development of religion. Then everything began to change. This is due to the transition from pagan, tribal beliefs to national, state, and then to world religions, since now it was religion that largely determined the development of human culture.

Let's turn to art. For a long time, cultural monuments were mainly of a religious nature. Since the time of primitive society, the ancient world, etc., there has been a tendency in architecture to build temples and other religious buildings. The cult of the afterlife in ancient Egypt determined the direction in architecture, where all the forces and means were given to the construction of pyramids, mortuary temples. Antique culture, with its monuments of architecture, painting, literature, etc., is a clear example of religious influence. And on these cultures, in turn, the culture of subsequent generations is based.

There are cases in the history of culture when religion was not a source of cultural development, but, on the contrary, it restrained this development. An example of this is the era of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Of course, one should not forget about the monuments of architecture and painting, which have replenished the world's cultural baggage. But at the same time, the influence of the church sometimes went beyond the boundaries of the normal mutual influence of culture and religion. An example is the medieval Inquisition, when any free-thinking was severely punished. And how can a person create if he is not given freedom? Religion negatively influenced the development of not only the arts, but also the sciences. The Church could not allow the existence of scientific statements that would contradict her doctrines. Many great minds of the Middle Ages became victims of the Inquisition (Italian physicist, mechanic and astronomer Galileo Galileo, Spanish thinker and physician Miguel Servet and etc.).

By the beginning of the New Age, the negative influence of the church had noticeably weakened. The Age of Enlightenment had a special influence on the secularization of culture. Atheistic tendencies began to develop.

But, despite the weakening of the influence of religion on culture in comparison with the early stages of development, even today this influence is noticeable and significant. A religious imprint is present in many works of art: from painting and architecture to cinema and music, since it is religion that is very often the determining factor in the development of a person's worldview, in his ideas about the world around him.

Author: Dorohova M.A.

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