"Secular" is definitely a deeply Christian cultural concept but it's also a meaningful distinction, imo. That is unless you just want to call all big feelings inherently religious experiences, which seems a bit too semantical to me. I do think it's useful for looking at the different ways of conceiving society in culturally Christian society vs others, like those in the Muslim world where that same kinda Augustinian idea doesn't exist, or didn't until well into modernity. IDK though, to be fair
"Secular" is definitely a deeply Christian cultural concept but it's also a meaningful distinction, imo. That is unless you just want to call all big feelings inherently religious experiences, which seems a bit too semantical to me. I do think it's useful for looking at the different ways of conceiving society in culturally Christian society vs others, like those in the Muslim world where that same kinda Augustinian idea doesn't exist, or didn't until well into modernity. IDK though, to be fair
Hot DAMN that title — and that book! Congratulations, Jason — big time.