As a reaction to secularization and a fear that a breakdown in religious values would lead to increased social malaise, Comte developed a positivist'religion of humanity' which, though largely unsuccessful, proved influential in the proliferation of secular humanist organizations in the 19th century.
As a reaction to secularization after the French Revolution, and a fear that this breakdown in religious values would lead to further social malaise, Comte developed a positivist'religion of humanity'. Though largely unsuccessful, it proved influential in the work of George Holyoake and the proliferation of secular humanist organizations later in the 19th century.