solitariness "the value of the objective world which is a community derivative from the interrelations of its component individuals." meaning and value do not exist for the individual alone, but only in the context of the universal community The spirit at once surrenders itself to this universal claim and appropriates it for itself the individual and universal/social aspects of religion are mutually dependent
In what state did Whitehead believe religion began? What realization did Whitehead believe religion made necessary? What did Whitehead believe was necessary for an entity to have meaning and value? How does Whitehead describe religion as world-loyalty? What did Whitehead believe was the relationship between the individual and social aspects of religion?
However, while Whitehead saw religion as beginning in solitariness, he also saw religion as necessarily expanding beyond the individual. In keeping with his process metaphysics in which relations are primary, he wrote that religion necessitates the realization of "the value of the objective world which is a community derivative from the interrelations of its component individuals." In other words, the universe is a community which makes itself whole through the relatedness of each individual entity to all the others – meaning and value do not exist for the individual alone, but only in the context of the universal community. Whitehead writes further that each entity "can find no such value till it has merged its individual claim with that of the objective universe. Religion is world-loyalty. The spirit at once surrenders itself to this universal claim and appropriates it for itself." In this way the individual and universal/social aspects of religion are mutually dependent.
question: In what state did Whitehead believe religion began?, answer: solitariness | question: What realization did Whitehead believe religion made necessary?, answer: "the value of the objective world which is a community derivative from the interrelations of its component individuals." | question: What did Whitehead believe was necessary for an entity to have meaning and value?, answer: meaning and value do not exist for the individual alone, but only in the context of the universal community | question: How does Whitehead describe religion as world-loyalty?, answer: The spirit at once surrenders itself to this universal claim and appropriates it for itself | question: What did Whitehead believe was the relationship between the individual and social aspects of religion?, answer: the individual and universal/social aspects of religion are mutually dependent