The emergence of Secularism in the Renaissance

The emergence of secularism in the Renaissance

Religion was a significant driving force in middle age. People followed god and had strong belief in god. They believed in afterlife and its connection with their present life. With the advent of renaissance these thoughts were challenged and the view of the society as a whole changed. Even though the religion was practiced but people became more open and liberal. People now consider themselves not as someone who is inferior to heaven but they started respecting themselves. People were now more hopeful and positive. They started believing in enjoying their life with whatever they had on this earth.

Secularism was now much appreciated and its growth was tremendous. This was accepted easily by religious leaders.  They believed that these views were not in accordance with the religion.  It was only later in the 20^th century that they started believing that the religion can explain modern values too. They started acknowledging the importance of religion in modern life and its existence. There were different ideas on these thoughts floating around in the world. They could easily debate in the church over these ideas.  It was the time of the rebirth of a new idea that would enhance the experience of human existence.

Earlier when renaissance grew, it grew with the notion that god is the creator and it is in his will to popularize any idea. But later people start acknowledging the powers of a person. They start believing in themselves and that if they want to achieve anything, it is possible. There was freedom in the thoughts. Artists were free to explore and they could easily express their ideas. Church was no longer popular. People started to appreciate other things too and artists on a personal level became popular. They started exploring different avenues for example structure of a human body. Leonardo started studying human body and he was a magnificent painter. Creativity was acknowledged and praised. People could be creative now because they were free. This period gave the people a golden chance to explore different things around them and they became more aware.

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