At one point in time, society relied on religion to help answer many questions regarding how society operated. Religion and religious leaders were seen as the mechanism through which people lived everyday life. With the rise of industrialization, many factories were created. Soon society came to be organized in a hierarchical manner and bureaucracies emerged. People started to rely more on scientific, rational thought to understand how society worked. This soon became the driver for day-to-day life, rather than religion. What shift were people in society experiencing?

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The shift that people were experiencing was the rationalization of society, where scientific and rational thought became the primary way of understanding and organizing society.

At One Point in Time, Society Relied on Religion to Help