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Crowding Out the Market: State Religious Policy and Social Capital Among Religious Adherents
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How do governments’ policies toward religion impact the relationship between citizens and civil society? A large body of literature examines the effect of social capital on democratic governance. Studies of State Religious Policy, or SRP, however, have shown complex and potentially contradictory effects on different types of social capital ...
Brendan Szendrő
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Introduction: Religious plurality, interreligious pluralism, and spatialities of religious difference [PDF]
, 2019 The introduction to this special section foregrounds the key distinction between ‘religious plurality’ and ‘interreligious pluralism’. Building from the example of a recent controversy over an exhibition on shared religious sites in Thessaloniki, Greece,
Mahadev, N., Walton, J.
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Secularization is a key concept in the social scientific study of religion, yet its meaning remains ambiguous due to varied definitions produced in the literature. This article aims to provide a data‐driven systematization of the debate on religious change by analyzing 1638 academic articles published between 2001 and 2022 using structural ...
Valeria Rainero, Ruud Luijkx
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Islam in the Secular \u3cem\u3e Nomos \u3c/em\u3e of the European Court of Human Rights [PDF]
, 2011 Since 2001 the European Court of Human Rights has decided a series of cases involving Islam and the claims of Muslim communities (both majorities and minorities) to freedom of religion and belief. This Article suggests that what is most interesting about
Danchin, Peter G
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Snapshots from a Fast‐Moving Train: Religious History 1960–2025
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Alexandra Walsham
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Why Are Young Men Increasingly Drawn to Christianity? A Study of Finnish Young Men
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent surveys in the Global North suggest a possible reversal in established gender patterns of religiosity, with young men increasingly engaging with Christianity. This study examines this development in Finland, a highly secular country, drawing on qualitative individual and small‐group interviews with 30 men attracted to Christianity.
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Analysis of the roots and contradictions of secularism in Turkey [PDF]
رهیافتهای سیاسی و بین المللیThe present paper is aimed at investigating the intellectual – historical roots of institutional secularization of the Turkish government, and fundamental characteristics and contradictions of the Turkish secularism model (known as Laiklik) during its ...
borhan salimi
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LAICITATEA ÎN FAȚA PROVOCĂRILOR GLOBALIZĂRII. STAT ȘI CULTE ÎN FRANȚA [PDF]
Revista de Știinţe Politice şi Relaţii Internaţionale, 2021 This study deals with the issue of the French State – Church relations, an issue that cannot be understood without taking into account France's historical evolution.
ANA-MARIA IANCU
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Freedom of Religion and Belief in India and Australia: An Introductory Comparative Assessment of Two Federal Constitutional Democracies [PDF]
, 2019 This article considers the freedom of religion and belief (“free exercise”) in two secular federal constitutional democracies: India and Australia. Both constitutional systems emerged from the former British Empire and both continue in membership of the ...
Babie, Paul T., Bhanu, Arvind P.
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