The Enlightenment shifted attention from religious to secular questions by seeking answers even to religious questions in secular terms. This vastly expanded the sphere of the secular, making it the primary frame of reference for more educated people. The Enlightenment built on the gradual sixteenth- and seventeenth-century process of secularizing art, music, science, politics, and concepts of space and time, and promoted secularization as an international intellectual movement. Attachment to the here-and-now world without constant reference to God became more common and drove innovative thinking about society, government, and the economy.