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English translation: an all-embracing structure

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English term or phrase:an overarching structure
Selected answer:an all-embracing structure
Entered by: Ana Juliá

09:11 May 3, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Religion / New Religious Movements (NRMs)
English term or phrase: overarching structure
The secularization thesis states that with the onset of modernity, religion, which formerly gave society an ***overarching structure***, is forced to contend with the forces of pluralism (whereby many faiths compete in a given society) and privatization (whereby faith can only be expressed individually and voluntarily).
Ana Juliá
Spain
Local time: 07:47
an all-embracing structure
Explanation:
Or to take it from the bottom rather than the top, religion was the foundation on which society was based.
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:47
Grading comment
Gracias
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +4an all-embracing structure
Jack Doughty
4a protective bubble
kmtext
4singular, common structure
Deborah Workman


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
an all-embracing structure


Explanation:
Or to take it from the bottom rather than the top, religion was the foundation on which society was based.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:47
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 71
Grading comment
Gracias

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cagdas Karatas: Pluralism and privatization are the keywords here. All-embracing is the best expression to emphasize the contrast, I believe. That's why I exclaimed "great". :D
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agree  silvia b (X)
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agree  Alexandra Tussing
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agree  humbird
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a protective bubble


Explanation:
It means that religion provided a feeling of security and certainty that the social structure was correct, just and ordained by God for the good of mankind. The Church and the gentry were held to have been granted their positions by God for the guidance and protection of those beneath them who were incapable of making sensible, informed decisions for themselves. Loss of faith in religion and exposure to other beliefs and ways of life have eroded that certainty in the "divine" structuring of society.

kmtext
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GaelicGaelic
PRO pts in category: 4
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singular, common structure


Explanation:
A single, public religion (versus plural, private or individualistic values) had been the unifying force. Secularization (the introduction of plural, private and individualistic values) challenged the role of religion in society and is the hallmark of modernity.

Not altogether different from what Jack has said, though rather than being an "embracing" influence I think of it as an "infusing" and thereby "undergirding" or "all-pervasive" influence.

Deborah Workman
United States
Local time: 01:47
Native speaker of: English
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