Cult of Reason

The Cult of Reason was a short-lived revolutionary movement during the French Revolution, emerging as an alternative to organized religion. It promoted secularism, scientific progress, and human reason as the guiding principles of society, rejecting traditional church authority and religious beliefs. The Cult aimed to create a new civic faith centered on reason, virtue, and patriotism, often using symbolic rituals and ceremonies. It reflected the revolution’s desire to break from religious influence and establish a secular moral order, but was eventually overshadowed by other revolutionary ideologies and the more prominent Cult of the Supreme Being.