Phrases with «obscurantism»

Obscurantism refers to the practice of intentionally making things unclear, difficult to understand, or keeping information hidden. This can be done with the purpose of preventing others from gaining knowledge or to promote ignorance and confusion. Full definition

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Sentences with «obscurantism»

Protestant, liberal, and Anglo - American historians repeated without challenge the heroic defense of freedom by Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anglican reformers, by Dutch freedom fighters against Spanish cruelty and tyranny, and by intellectual opponents of religious obscurantism in the eighteenth century. (firstthings.com)
I make no plea for obscurantism or «blind faith,» but rather that men should find their proper place in the universe. (religion-online.org)
Contextualization [is] a delicate enterprise if ever there was one... the evangelist and mission strategist stand on a razor's edge, aware that to fall off on either side has terrible consequences... Fall to the right and you end in obscurantism, so attached to your conventional ways of practicing and teaching the faith that you veil its truth and power from those who are trying to see it through very different eyes. (christianitytoday.com)
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