Zusatzmaterial I Box 38, 39, 46

Religion and Culture. First Lecture. Problems and concepts. [Religion, scien- tific and technical culture] [p. 3] I. The Problem and the particular {problems} realms. 1). Religion and culture are so interwoven that it may be questionable wether there is a problem at all. Is not reli- gion simply a part of the general culture and de- pendent on the history of a particular culture? Many scho- lars, especially those who deal with primitive cultures would give an affirmative answer. But would somebody do so who deals with Roman or Indian or German or Japanese history? Are the conflicts between religion and culture not a ma-

[p. 4] 2 jor part of the history of these countries? Certainly, they are. and this means that | {there must be something special about} {religion that it can [...]} | religion has a foundation above a given culture and is able to attack {or} to trans- form {a culture} {it} or to destroy it. As in culture a religion may be almost eradicated. Although both, religion and culture {appear} {in man's spirit} are functions of the human spirit, they can fall ino dead- ly enmity, trying to subject and enslave each other. – But the fact that they can fight {each other} shows also that {you} they cannot be separated {them} from each other {completely. If you one} {They belong to each other} Neither is possible without the other and, therefore, you cannot end their wars by putting each of them on a different island. This situation leads to some of the most difficult pro- blems of the philosophy of religion and of the philosophy of culture. {But} And it leads not only to theoretical [...], but {even more im-} {portant}, also to most serious and {dangerous} {profound} difficult practical problems.