Religion of Humanity
The Religion of Humanity ( fr.: Religion de l' Humanité, pt: religião because Humanidade, hi: मानवता धर्म ) was one of Auguste Comte ( 1798-1857 ), the founder of positivist philosophy created secular religion. Followers of this religion built "Temple of Humanity " in France and Brazil.
History
Comte created the Religion of Humanity to protect the cohesion (cohesion) positivist companies in order to provide an alternative to the rites, rituals and liturgies of traditional faith communities and to give his world and values a spiritual basis.
In 1849 he developed the positivist calendar and advocated a reform of the calendar. His calendar is used by the followers of the Religion of Humanity today.
Church of Humanity
France
The Church of Humanity is an atheistic, positivistic Church, the "religion of humanity " is based on the idea of building. The church in Comte's native France remained small, but it was inspired by the rise of the Church of Humanity in England.
Great Britain and Ireland
Richard Congreve, member of the London Positivist Society, was co-founder of the English Church in 1878.
Although relatively small in membership, the church had several respected members and alumni. Anna Haycraft was great with the thought of the Church of Humanity, but later converted to Catholicism.
USA
In 1854 the New York community was founded by English immigrant Henry Edger, who wanted to devote themselves to a " positive belief ".
From 1869 David Goodman Croly was a senior member of the community. Croly strongly believed in the religious element of the Comtismus, but his mission attempts failed mainly. David Croly Herbert Croly son (1869-1930) was educated in the sense of the Church of Humanity and baptized in New York.
In the 1870s the positivist movement in the United States led to a split from the English mother church. The American church continued as her English model oriented atheistic, but led sermons, readings from the Book of Isaiah and the sacraments in the liturgy. The American community was not as significant as the Church in England, but had more educated members.
Brazil
On May 11, 1881 Miguel Lemos and Raimundo Teixeira Mendes founded the " Igreja positive Ista do Brasil " in Rio de Janeiro.
Temple of Humanity
- Chapelle de l' Humanité - 5 rue Payenne, district Marais, Paris
- Templo da Humanidade - Rua Benjamin Constant 74, Barrio de la Gloria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Capela positive Paulista - Avenida João Pessoa 1058, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Capela positive Paulista - Rua Riachuelo 90, Curitiba, Brazil
Significant members
- Anna Haycraft (1932-2005) was an English writer and was great with the thought of the Church of Humanity, but later converted to Catholicism.
- Richard Congreve (1818-1899) was a founder of the English Church in 1878
- Henry Edger was the founder of the New York community (1854 )
- David Goodman Croly (1829-1889) was a leading member of the New York community from 1869
- Herbert Croly (1869-1930) was the son of David Croly, and was educated in the sense of the Church of Humanity and baptized in New York.
Reviews
- John Kells Ingram, an adherent of Comte, dedicated the second chapter of the Religion of Humanity in his poetry collection Sonnets and Other Poems.
- John Stuart Mill distinguished between a "good Comte ", the author of The Course in Positive Philosophy, and the "bad Comte ", the founder of a secular- religious " system ".