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Reconsidering Secularization Theory in International Politics

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Secularization theory holds that religion's impact on public and political life decreases with society's modernization. The widespread return of religion, however, calls into question this idea and forces researchers to reevaluate its presumptions and ...
Orhan, Duygu Dersan
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Secularization, Legal Indeterminacy, and Habermas\u27s Discourse Theory of Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This Article focuses on Habermas’s sophisticated awareness of the tension between secularization of law and legal indeterminacy and treats his discourse theory of law as a significant test of the feasibility of reconciling these claims.
Modak-Truran, Mark C.
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Statistiek versus ervaringswaarden

open access: yesReligie & Samenleving
The longitudinal research project God in the Netherlands (GiN) concluded in its 2025 edition several contradictory trends. On the one hand, there are clear signs of secularization, while on the other hand there are higher levels of orthodoxy among ...
Erik Sengers
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Elements of a Theory of Religious-Secular Competition

open access: yesPolítica & Sociedade, 2017
This article presents basic elements of a theory of religious-secular competition on the individual level. The theory claims that individuals in many societies may choose between religious and secular options, creating a situation of competition between
Jörg Stolz, Pascal Tanner
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Evaluating Giddens' Theory of Religion and Secularization Based on Islamic Fundamentals [PDF]

open access: yesاسلام و مطالعات اجتماعی, 2016
Giddens unlike classical sociologists and with attention to the emergence of contemporary religious movements, especially the Islamic fundamentalism, has rejected secularization of the religion in the modern world and with a reflexive interpretation, has
Abdulali Adeli
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Not the opium of the people : income and secularization in a panel of Prussian counties [PDF]

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The interplay between religion and the economy has occupied social scientists for long. We construct a unique panel of income and Protestant church attendance for six waves of up to 175 Prussian counties spanning 1886-1911.
Woessmann, Ludger, Becker, Sascha O.
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Unravelling Secularization: an International Study [PDF]

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The current study examines individuals who were raised in a certain religion and at some stage of their life left it. Currently, they define their religious affiliation as ‘no religion’.
Teresa García-Muñoz   +2 more
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SOCIETATEA CONTEMPORANĂ – ÎNTRE TRADIŢIE ŞI SECULARIZARE

open access: yesStudia Universitatis Moldaviae: Stiinte Umanistice, 2010
This article finds today's society at pause, between tradition and secularism, the theory of secularization that now provides a sufficient basis for analyzing the role of religion in the contemporary world, the identification of the functions and ...
USM ADMIN
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Islam, public religions and the secularization debate

open access: yes, 2010
By now there is much academic talk about the limitations and failures of the conventional secularization thesis and much has consequently been written about religious revivalism.
Turner, Bryan S. (R14744)
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Bruno Latour and the secularization of science

open access: yes, 2019
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 ...
Simons, Massimiliano   +1 more
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