Recent posts on this blog have been discussing the idea that religion evolves. An interesting sidelight of the subject appears in Jack Mclean's blog.
Pilgrim's Notes: Eric Fromm and the Bahá'í Faith
Jack notes that Eric Fromm wrote on the development of a new universalistic religion in his 1955 book, The Sane Society. It seems Fromm may have been influenced by a Baha'i he was corresponding with. Fromm is quoted thus:
The most important feature of such a religion will be its universalistic character, corresponding to the unification of mankind which is taking place in this epoch; it would embrace the humanistic teachings common to all the great religions of the East and of the West; its doctrines would not contradict the rational insight of mankind today, and its emphasis would be on the practice of life, rather than on doctrinal beliefs.
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Pilgrim's Notes: Eric Fromm and the Bahá'í Faith
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2 comments:
Cool! So we get to pick our own religion?
I'll take butterscotch swirl.
Paul, thanks for stopping by here. I take it your comment is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, as from previous interaction you probably realise I don't endorse Fromm's views reported above. If you follow the link to Jack Maclean's article, you will read there a critique of Fromm's atheistic conception of religion, as well as some interesting historical information.
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