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Testing secularization theory in comparative perspective

, 2007
In order to test secularization theory on the individual level in a comparative perspective, the author argues that this cannot be done without linking levels of individual secularization to levels of societal secularization.
Dobbelaere, Karel
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Secularization as historical struggle

, 2018
Schlerka SM. Secularization as historical struggle. InterDisciplines. 2018;9(2):163-191.As one of the oldest master narratives in the humanities, the term secularization has been one of the most-debated terms in the sociology of religion.
Schlerka, Sebastian Matthias
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Secularization in Orleans, France: A Case Study Utilizing Mark Chaves\u27 \u27New Differentiation Theory\u27 [PDF]

, 2011
Steeped in a heavily religious history, Europe and specifically France provide an intriguing backdrop for a closer look into secularization in present-day Orleans, France.
Beck, Stephanie J.
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An economic theory of church strictness [PDF]

This paper makes several contributions to the growing literature on the economics of religion. First, we explicitly introduce spatial- location models into the economics of religion.
Nuno Garoupa, Pedro Pita Barros
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Secularization and the Construction of an Author–Reader Intellectual Community: A Study of Virginia Woolf’s Religious Legacies

Humanities
The secularization of religion in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Britain profoundly altered the ethical foundations of the modernist novel, challenging writers to reimagine the role of literature in the absence of religious authority ...
Qiong Yu
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Paper: “Unfinished” Secularization in Russia, Indonesia and India, by Stephen Headley

, 2013
“Unfinished” Secularization meets traditional hierarchies of values in Russia, Indonesia and India Stephen C. Headley (Unpublished conference paper, latest version 15 March 2013) You can download the whole paper at the bottom of this page.
Stephen Headley
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Secularization Theory in the 1990s : Dead-ends and Possibilities

, 1998
In the 1980s many scholars of religion admitted that the debate over secularization had come in an impasse. By that time the secularization thesis had generated a multitude of criticisms, but most critics were satisfied with presenting counter-evidence ...
藤原 聖子, FUJIWARA Satoko
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Metaphoric Sense Developments in the Names of Places of Worship in Contemporary American English

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This paper offers an account of the metaphorical extension of the names of religious houses of worship such as temple, church, mosque, and synagogue in contemporary American English, reflecting processes of linguistic secularization. Using data from the
Sylwester Łodej, John G. Newman
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Post-Secularism in Politics of Turkey: A Comparison with Habermas’ Post-Secularism Theory

Journal of Social and Political Sciences, 2019
In the progress of modernization and Westernization, secularization has been reported in various areas such as politics, among individuals and even religions themselves. Theorizing and explaining such situations, scholars have argued that religious things should be excluded from the public sphere.
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Martin (David) A General Theory of Secularization

, 1979
Isambert François-André. Martin (David) A General Theory of Secularization. In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions, n°48/2, 1979. pp.
Isambert, François-André
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