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This essay explores two recent expressions of hostility towards secularization by Russian Orthodox officials (one from the Holy Synod of ROCOR and the other from Metropolitan Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev), and evaluates the likely consequences of this ...
Rico G. Monge
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Religion ohne Religion? : Säkularisierung als Ausbreitungsprozess funktionaler Äquivalente zur Religion [PDF]
The mainstream discourse in the sociology of religion has turned its back on the secularization thesis. Current approaches rather promote the idea of a revival of religion.
Köhrsen, Jens
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Bruno Latour and the secularization of science
Several sociologists of science have mobilized secularization metaphors to describe developments in the study of science. Similar to how secularization refers to a decreasing status of religion and God as a transcendent factor in society, the ...
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Permission to Dream: The Marxist Ban on Imagining Utopia Reconsidered
Constellations, EarlyView.
Paula Keller
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ABSTRACT This article interrogates the politics of othering embedded in the taken‐for‐granted association of childhood, play, joy, and happiness. It explores how these notions are historically inscribed as forms of otherness tied to the affective normativity of joy.
Chushan Wu
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The Meta-Analysis of Researches on Secularization in Iran Based on Indicators Inferred from the Religious Scriptures [PDF]
The question about occurring or not occurring of secularization in Iran after the Islamic revolution has been one of the main concerns of researchers of sociology of religion field during recent years, and it has received diverse answers from them.
Hossain Bostan (Najafi)
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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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Retrieving Your Concepts: Iris Murdoch on Original Sin
Abstract In The Sovereignty of Good, Iris Murdoch argues that our moral thinking will be impoverished until it possesses a secular conception of original sin. Such a notion would need to remove unacceptable Christian baggage while retaining a genuine claim to be a descendant of the original Christian concept.
Samuel Filby
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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future
Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
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Paper on Secularization of religion in Indonesia, by Stephen Headley
Secularization of religion in Indonesia: From Custom to Pancasila and back to adat Stephen C. Headley (CNRS) [Version 3 Nov., 2008] A full version of this paper can be downloaded here: From Custom to Pancasila and back to adat _Naples Introduction: Why
Stephen Headley
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