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On the theory of secular aberration

open access: yesProceedings of the Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan. 3rd Series, 1933
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The sources of secularity : the making of Charles Taylor's theory of secularization

open access: yes, 2009
Les universitaires de partout dans le monde s'intéressent de plus en plus aux phénomènes religieux contemporains. Même si le concept même de ± religion¿ est sujet à débat, plusieurs travaux académiques se sont arrêtés à la relation entre la religion et la modernité telle que comprise au travers de la théorie de la sécularisation. Le philosophe canadien
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China Challenges Secularization Theory

open access: yesSocial Compass, 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 by recognized religious associations in the People’s Republic of China and the judicial rituals in ...
Karel Dobbelaere
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A counterexample to secularization theory? Assessing the Georgian religious revival [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Sociology, 2023
Secularization theory allows for transitory religious revivals under certain conditions, such as extreme societal crises or state weakness. The country of Georgia has witnessed the largest religious revival of Orthodox countries and one of the most ...
Jörg Stolz   +2 more
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Secularization Theory and Religion

Politics and Religion, 2020
AbstractWhat is the relationship between religion and human development? Using data from the pooled 1981–2014 World and European Values Surveys, we examine the effect of human development on a country's level of religious attendance and belief. Consistent with the idea that the primary causal mechanism underlying secularization theory has to do with ...
Kostanca Dhima, Matt Golder
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Gendering Secularization Theory

open access: yesSocial Compass, 2008
The author argues that our understanding of secularization can be greatly enhanced by taking gender differences seriously. Whilst existing theories of secularization do a good job of explaining why men disaffiliated from Christianity after the onset of ...
Linda Woodhead
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Secularization, Secularity, and Secularism in the New Millennium: Macro-theories and Research

2019
In the second half of the 20th century, theories on secularization and secularism have been dominated by three approaches: secularization theory, individualization theory, and market theory. In the new millennium, approaches that both built on and revised these neoclassical approaches emerged: deprivation and insecurity theory, the theory of secular ...
Jörg Stolz, Pascal Tanner
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Secularization Theories and Their Discontents

The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory, 2015
The apparent return of religion (which, despite claims to the contrary, never retired from the public sphere) and the new interest in political theology have given secularization theories new relev...
Willi Goetschel, Nils Roemer
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Secular Management Theory

2014
Secular management theory — that is, management theory developed elsewhere than in the religious organizational sector — has developed a wide range of powerful conceptual tools, tested by empirical study, that enable us to understand organizations in the private, public, and voluntary sectors.
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