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Australia's 'shy' de-secularisation process

, 2008
In many parts of the world religion has re-entered the public sphere to such an extent that it has undermined the 'hard line' secularisation thesis - that is, the assumption that religion would disappear in Western, modernised societies. Since this 'hard
Possamai, Adam, Imtoual, Alia, Spalek, Basia   +2 more
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Social Dimensions of Religion in the Age of De-Globalisation: A Framework for Future Research

Religions
De-globalisation is reshaping the conditions under which religion is governed, mobilised, and contested. This article proposes a framework for analysing religion in this emerging conjuncture.
Myengkyo Seo
doaj   +1 more source

Religio‐Racial Lines, Intimate Ties: Christian–Muslim Couples, Birth Rituals, and the Bounds of Belonging

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that conceptualizes race and religion as co‐constitutive forces within a “race‐religion constellation,” this article explores how this entanglement—profoundly infused and structured by secularity—is lived and negotiated in everyday life.
Deniz Aktaş
wiley   +1 more source

Religious Pluralism and Social Networks: How Exposure to Religious Pluralism Through Social Ties Influences Baptism Decisions

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A longstanding debate in the sociology of religion has focused on how religious pluralism affects religious participation. Existing research shows mixed findings, often relying on macro‐level measures that overlook how individuals are actually exposed to religious pluralism in their lives. This study shifts focus to the meso‐level by examining
Elis Carlberg Larsson
wiley   +1 more source

(Dis)Belief in God Among Younger and Older Poles: Analytic Thinking and Cultural Learning Between Generations and Over Time

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Religious disbelief is increasing worldwide, yet its cognitive and cultural foundations remain debated. We examined how analytic thinking and cultural learning shape (dis)belief across generations and over time. Study 1 compared younger (18–39, n = 427) and older (40+, n = 639) Polish adults.
Paweł Łowicki, Julia Tokarz, Piotr Laskowski, Łukasz Kiszkiel, Jesse M. DeLaRosa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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How the Nineteenth-century Evangelical Revival Strengthened Faith and Undermined Christendom

Temenos, 2023
This article deals with the paradoxical relationship between the nineteenth-century Evangelical Revival and secularization. It is argued here that the revival and its worldview played a role in increasing pluralism and choice in the nineteenth century –
Stefan Gelfgren
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Examination of the Activities of Religious Educators of the Soviet Period in the Context of the Development of European Religious Thought [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology
The purpose of the study is to analyse the activities of religious educators during the Soviet period in Kazakhstan in the context of the development of religious thought against the background of secularisation and state atheistic policy.
Nurbek Yesmaganbet, Nurlan Kairbekov
doaj   +1 more source

The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
wiley   +1 more source

Les congrégations enseignantes françaises au Mexique (1840-1940). Politiques religieuses, politiques de laïcisation et enjeux internationaux

Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2009
The problematic presence of the French teaching congregations in Mexico between 1840 and 1940 – a phenomenon neglected by the historiography - remains puzzling.
Camille Foulard
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