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Self-secularisation as challenge to the church [PDF]

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015
The concept of self-secularisation has been identified by Wolfgang Huber, bishop of the German Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD), when he reflected on the context of the church in Germany.
Jaco Beyers
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Secularisation from kenosis [PDF]

Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2007
Recent decades have witnessed the acceleration of the process of secularisation, along with related effects in society such as a decline in morals. Christians must wonder why God allows this to happen.
D.T. Williams
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Ecumenism Under Secularisation

Religions
This article addresses preconditions and possibilities for ecumenism in secularised societies. In doing so, it draws attention to the complex nature of the secularisation process.
Rajmund Porada
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Towards the De-secularisation of Heritage

Built Heritage, 2017
This paper argues that modern conservation concepts, as portrayed in documents like the Venice Charter, have led to the ‘secularisation’ of built heritage.
Gamini Wijesuriya
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Gendering Secularisation Theory [PDF]

Kvinder, Køn & Forskning, 2005
Major theories of secularisation have been gender blind, with the result that men's experience of modernisation has been made central to explanations of religious decline.
Linda Woodhead
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The Process of Secularisation in Spanish Society [PDF]

Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2007
This article analyses the process of secularisation in Spain, primarily based on three interrelated social logics, the first two as result of historical processes and the third with a more recent point of departure: a) the logic of the secularisation of ...
Alfonso Pérez-Agote Poveda
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Secularisation and Church-State Relations: Towards a Typology

Warszawskie Studia Teologiczne, 2017
The article titled Secularization and Church-State Relations: Towards a Typology is an attempt to address the lack of clear definition of the term “secu-larisation”. The paper is divided into four parts.
Adam Liwak
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Secularisation as a driver of single axis political conflict: evidence from Poland.

This study examines how regionally heterogeneous secularisation can increase the saliency of religion as a determinant of political behaviour. Changes in the electoral outcomes in Poland over the last 25 years are discussed in a comparative setting ...
Radost Waszkiewicz
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Reassessing secularism and secularisation in South Asia

, 2013
Secularisation, once a key concept in debates about modernisation and modernity, has received very little academic attention over the last half century.
Sarkar, Tanika, Iqtidar, Humeira
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The Orthodox Church, Neosecularisation, and the Rise of Anti-Gender Politics in Bulgaria

Religions, 2022
In a recent publication, I introduced the theoretical framework of neosecularisation with regard to the Orthodox Church and society in Bulgaria. I argued that neosecularisation, as a complex process of decline of religion’s importance and the hold of ...
Ina Merdjanova
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