According to Max Weber, “the fate of our times” is characterized
by “disenchantment of the world.” The scientific ambition to rationally explain
the world and the aspiration to control and master nature through technological
calculation will greatly limit “beyond our control,” transcendent experiences. By
scientifically uncovering causal chains, the world will ultimately be completely
deprived of “mysterious incalculable forces”. As a consequence, religion will lose