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China challenges secularization theory
, 2009 : The author proposes a reflection on challenges that the three anthropological articles in this issue present for secularization theory. The first two discuss "performances" of religion in two different Chinese cultural periods: welfare services offered
Dobbelaere, Karel, Karel Dobbelaere
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The Paradoxes of the Spiritual Self: Disidentification as a Marker of Identity
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how practitioners of self‐spirituality conceptualize their spiritual identity. On the basis of 62 in‐depth interviews with secular Jewish Israelis engaged in various spiritual practices, we find that spiritual identity is constructed through a distinctive cultural logic we term disidentification—a systematic resistance to ...
Nurit Zaidman, Michal Pagis
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Secularization and desecularization: discussion on paradigms
CauriensiaThis paper attempts to contribute to the debate on theory of secularization by presenting critical arguments against it and – where possible – these arguments’ refutation. Some of the arguments, however touch the core paradigm of secularization, and, it
Piotr Musiewicz
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Secularization and China's Modernization [PDF]
This open access book examines from the perspective of secularization. Since the publication of Max Weber's Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism, how to realize modernization in developing countries has become an urgent problem to be ...
Wu, Zhongmin
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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
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Secularization: The decline of the supernatural realm [PDF]
, 2018 WOS: 000435183400003How to define and measure secularization is among the most fervent discussions in the literature on the sociology of religion. The perception of secularization only in terms of change in the social prestige and influence of religion ...
Ertit, Volkan, Volkan Ertit
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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
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Secularization and Orthodoxy in Contemporary Russia, by Kathy Rousselet
, 2013 Secularization and Orthodoxy in Contemporary Russia Research Question 42 By Kathy Rousselet CERI-Sciences Po 2013 The full version can be downloaded here: Secularization and Orthodoxy in Russia Abstract "Due to the growing importance of religion in ...
Stephen Headley
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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 +4 more
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God Is Dying in Turkey as Well: Application of Secularization Theory to a Non-Christian Society
Open Theology, 2018 It has been stated in academic studies and popular media that Islam began its rise in dominance in Turkey with the accession of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to power in 2002 under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Ertit Volkan
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