Page 4 - Mindmap_ Cultural Change

SECULARISATION

➢ Secularisation meant a process of decline in the influence of religion
➢ It has been an assumption of all theorists of modernisation that modern
societies become increasingly secular.
➢ A view that assured that modern ways would necessarily lead to decline
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in religious ways has not been entirely true.
➢ How western and modern forms of communication, organisation and
ideas led to the emergence of new kinds of religious reform
organisations.
➢ A considered part of ritual in India has direct reference to the pursuit of
secular ends.

SECULARISATION OF CASTE
• In traditional India caste system operated within religious
framework . Belief systems of purity and Pollution were
central to practice.

• Today it often functions to political pressure groups.

• Contemporary India has seen such formation of caste
associations and caste- based political parties.
• They seek to press upon the state their demands.
• Such a changed role of caste has been described as
secularisation of caste.