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The Secularisation of Sin in the Nineteenth Century

, 2010
This article argues that the post-secularisation historiography of the past twenty years has erred in neglecting theological categories of analysis. Committed to challenging the explanatory power of the secularisation thesis, it has established a new ...
DOMINIC ERDOZAIN, Erdozain, Dominic
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Subtle Messages That Subvert the Safe Space: The Negative Relationship of Religious Microaggressions in Psychotherapy and Treatment Satisfaction Is Mediated by Poorer Working Alliance

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, Volume 26, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Background The present study investigated religious microaggressions in psychotherapy and counselling. Aiming to conceptually replicate and extend previous findings of Trusty et al., we tested whether religious microaggressions adversely affect treatment satisfaction via poorer therapeutic alliance in a mediation model.
Nina Philippa Burau, Friedemann Trutzenberg, Michela Schröder‐Abé   +2 more
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Debates on secularisation theories

, 2009
This book aimed to provide a systematic analysis of the assumptions of the secularization paradigm and debates on secularization theories and process present in the field of sociology of religion.
Zielińska, Katarzyna
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Feature Article: ELT Materials

TESOL Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 2, Page 560-585, June 2026.
Abstract After providing a working definition of ELT materials that encompasses both commercial and noncommercial instructional resources, I differentiate between studies of materials content, consumption, and production, reviewing notable studies of each type, most of which have appeared in the pages of TQ.
Nigel Harwood
wiley   +1 more source

Localising secularisation thesis? : the view from Poland

, 2011
The secularisation paradigm has for a long time been the dominant frame of reference for understanding the place and function of religion in contemporary societies.
Zielińska, Katarzyna
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Overseas Born ‘Religious Nones’ in Australia

Secularism and Nonreligion
Australia has witnessed a significant rise in people claiming ‘No-Religion’ in recent censuses with the percentage having more than doubled in the last two decades.
Adam Possamai, Alanna Kamp, Rhys Gower
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Disaster Communication and Disaster Epistemology: Cultural Foundations of Knowing and Normalizing Crisis

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article investigates disaster communication as a process of disaster epistemology through which crises are culturally known, interpreted, and normalized. Based on a cross‐national qualitative comparison of Vietnam and the Philippines, the study broadens dominant secular models that conceptualize disaster communication as information ...
Ngoc‐Son Le
wiley   +1 more source

Christianity and secularisation in South Africa: probing the possible link between modernisation and secularisation

, 2013
The secularisation theory of Max Weber states that modernisation inevitably leads to the decline of religion. This theory has in recent years been challenged by the desecularisation theories of various sociologists and philosophers.
Vorster, Nico
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Orthodox Moral Theology and Shared Metanorms: A Philosophical‐Theological Reading of the Social Ethos Document

Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 54, Issue 2, Page 153-179, June 2026.
ABSTRACT In recent years, Orthodox Christianity has gained increasing visibility in global discussions on social ethics, encompassing issues such as climate change, environmental protection, peace, and human rights. The following paper examines the underlying metaethical framework of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Social Ethos Document, analyzing how it
Alexander Kriebitz, Stefanos Athanasiou
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Secularisation or De-secularisation?:The Challenges of and from the Post-Soviet Experience

, 2012
By focusing on changes in the relationship between religion and society in post-soviet Russia, the chapter suggests novel approaches to understanding the concept and process of ...
Shterin, Marat; id_orcid
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