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Is the secularization research programme progressing? Debate on Jörg Stolz’s article on Secularization theories in the 21st century: ideas, evidence, and problems

, 2020
The methodology of scientific research programmes, developed by Imre Lakatos, can help us to identify which theories are strong or weak. Applying this approach suggests that the secularization research programme is progressing, as Stolz argues.
David Voas
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Secularism in Relation to Secularity and Secularization

Secular Studies, 2023
Abstract My article offers commentary about Jacques Berlinerblau's new book Secularism: The Basics.
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Islam dan Sekularisasi Politik di Indonesia

Tsaqafah, 2017
Throughout Indonesia’s independence history, discourse on secularization of politics arises constantly and draws a widespread appeal from many researchers.
Mohamad Latief
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Two Modern Concepts: Religion and Secularization

Bajo Palabra, 2018
Contemporary debates on religion and secularization rest partially on the polysemy of these terms. This paper provides a short history of both and make the following claims: 1. Religion and secularization are modern concepts; 2.
Eduardo Zazo Jiménez
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Secularization, Religious Denominations, and Differences in Regional Characteristics: The State of Research and a Regional Statistical Investigation for Germany

Religions, 2020
The paper pursues the question of the relationship between secularization, religious denominations, and regional characteristics. A literature review leads to the formation of six hypotheses.
Christian Diller, Philipp Gareis
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The Rise in Support for Gender Egalitarianism in the Netherlands, 1979-2006: The Roles of Educational Expansion, Secularization, and Female Labor Force Participation

Sex Roles, 2019
Since the 1960s, public support for gender egalitarianism has risen substantially in many western countries. Although earlier research proposed that structural and cultural developments, such as educational expansion, declining religiosity, and the rise ...
P. Thijs, Manfred te Grotenhuis, P. Scheepers, Marieke van den Brink   +3 more
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Rethinking secularization

Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica, 2014
Current sociology has falsified the modern prediction for the decline and extinction of religion. A lot of signs show a religious return and a revival of the religious question in a progressively more and more plural and globalized world. The survival of
Diego Bermejo
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The Faith Factor. How Scholars’ Religiosity Biases Research Findings on Secularization

Sociological Science
Secularization is one of the most debated areas of research in current sociology of religion. Despite hundreds of empirical studies, researchers do not even agree on the very existence of secularization in different parts of the world.
Valeria Rainero, Jörg Stolz, Ruud Luijkx   +2 more
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SECULARIZATION: OPPORTUNITY, OPTION OR CHALLENGE FOR MULTI-RELIGIOUS SOCIETY [PDF]

Hum, 2011
The paper gives an overview of approach to secularization theories from the Catholic, Orthodox and Islamic viewpoint. The emphasis is especially put on explaining phenomenon of secularization as a possible solution for coexistence in centuries long ...
Davorka Topić Stipić
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Religious Competition and Reallocation: the Political Economy of Secularization in the Protestant Reformation*

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2017
Using novel microdata, we document an important, unintended consequence of the Protestant Reformation: a reallocation of resources from religious to secular purposes. To understand this process, we propose a conceptual framework in which the introduction
Davide Cantoni, Jeremiah Dittmar, Noam Yuchtman   +2 more
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