Scenarios about 'religious institutions'
Religious institutions are organized bodies that codify, teach, and maintain religious beliefs, practices, and hierarchies within societies throughout history. They have wielded significant political, economic, and cultural influence, from medieval church-state relations to modern religious organizations' roles in social movements. In alternate history scenarios, different developments of religious institutions often fundamentally reshape societal structures, power dynamics, and cultural evolution across civilizations.
What If Religious Education Remained Dominant?
Exploring the alternate timeline where secular education never displaced religious institutions as the primary providers of learning, fundamentally altering the intellectual and cultural development of modern society.