David Hume wrote “As every inquiry concerning religion is of the highest importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, namely, that concerning its foundation in reason, and that concerning its origin in human nature”. To say that something is socially constructed is to underline our dependence on it in our daily lives. Basically what it means is that this idea, thing or institution would not exist if we had not created it. If society were different, with different norms and values, we would probably have built a different kind of thing. The contrast is with something with an independent existence. Social constructionism can be seen as a part of postmodern ideology, the concept behind the postmodern concept is that reality emphasizes and is based on the worldviews of individuals in a dialectical interaction with society at a given time. Dialectical interaction with society at a given moment. This theory assumes that knowledge does not develop within the individual. This theory assumes that human beings rationalize their experiences and knowledge forming a functioning model of the social world, this theory also assumes that language is the most important aspect with which they construct reality. Several theorists talk about the concept of religion as not being cultural or universal, but emerging due to historical and political conditions. Throughout (Western) history, there has always been a tendency to separate state from religion, starting from the Middle Ages. it was and still is favored today in most nations of the world. The scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries put an end to the scientific and religious separation by calling it secularization. .A bit...... middle of paper ......because suddenly there was a new vision of how you look at the world that challenged many existing social orders. Immanuel Kant was also a critic of human reason. According to Kant, religion had to be redefined in strictly moral terms. This meant that religion had to be kept separate from our analysis of the physical world. Daniel C.Dennett in his book 'Breaking the Spell religion' talked about religion as a natural phenomenon. In this book he basically talks about how religion is something that is transmitted culturally through language and symbolism, anything other than this, such as a product of man, an artefact or something genetic, is irrelevant. He argues that when a child is born at that time he is taught religion and language and it is not something inherited or something innate. It does not deny the existence of God but still questions religion.