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Joel Webbon argues that modern secular culture has developed many of the features traditionally associated with religion, including shared beliefs, rituals, symbols, and public celebrations. He says that as Christians increasingly treated faith as a private matter, the public square did not remain neutral but was instead filled by competing secular values. His broader point is that every culture is ultimately shaped by a set of beliefs about morality, identity, and meaning.
Joel Webbon argues that modern secular culture has developed many of the features traditionally associated with religion, including shared beliefs, rituals, symbols, and public celebrations. He says that as Christians increasingly treated faith as a private matter, the public square did not remain neutral but was instead filled by competing secular values. His broader point is that every culture is ultimately shaped by a set of beliefs about morality, identity, and meaning.
