Social Evolution and Christianity
Civilization is organized by the use of "pattern ideas" which are socially transmitted. These patterns undergo evolution, although social and religious sanctions exercise a conservative influence. Primitive life produced two important patterns, viz.: the predatory hunting pattern, derived...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
1923
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The journal of religion
Year: 1923, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 113-131 |
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| Summary: | Civilization is organized by the use of "pattern ideas" which are socially transmitted. These patterns undergo evolution, although social and religious sanctions exercise a conservative influence. Primitive life produced two important patterns, viz.: the predatory hunting pattern, derived from the main occupation of the men, and the sympathetic child-care pattern, derived from the main interest of the women. In human history the former has usually dominated relations to alien groups, the latter, relations within the group. The transition from barbarism to civilization means the supplanting of the predatory pattern by the domestic pattern. Christianity is a universalizing of the domestic pattern which was religiously established in Judaism, and is thus the supremely necessary social force in the progress of civilization. |
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| ISSN: | 1549-6538 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/480339 |