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Religious Pluralism and Social Networks: How Exposure to Religious Pluralism Through Social Ties Influences Baptism Decisions

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
wiley   +1 more source

(Dis)Belief in God Among Younger and Older Poles: Analytic Thinking and Cultural Learning Between Generations and Over Time

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, Julia Tokarz, Piotr Laskowski, Łukasz Kiszkiel, Jesse M. DeLaRosa   +4 more
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Secularization without secularism in Pakistan, by Christophe Jaffrelot

, 2013
Secularization without secularism in Pakistan, by Christophe Jaffrelot Research Question 41 By Christophe Jaffrelot CERI-Sciences Po 2012 The full version can be downloaded here: Secularization without secularism in Pakistan Abstract Pakistan was created
Stephen Headley
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The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
wiley   +1 more source

Reconsidering Secularization Theory in International Politics

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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The socio-cultural foundations of Soviet society in the context of secularization theory [PDF]

Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия Философия. Психология. Педагогика
Introduction. This article examines the socio-cultural foundations of Soviet society through the theoretical lens of modern secularization studies. Its central aim is to challenge reductive and monistic interpretations of the Soviet heritage. Theoretical
Yakovleva, Valeria R.
doaj   +1 more source

Outline of a Theory of Secularism

Abstract The World has witnessed a dramatic resurgence of organized religion & religious belief in recent times. This has challenged established political structures, renewed old hosting or fomented new conflicts between religious groups & raised the question of whether modern secularism has the cultural & philosophical resources to enable people with
Inamdar, Rushikesh, Anjali Kiran
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Renaissance of the Trinitarian: Erwin Schadel's Integral Perspective

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Erwin Schadel (1946–2016), a central yet little‐known figure of the so‐called Bamberg School, developed a distinctive triadic ontology that deserves attention within the contemporary renaissance of Trinitarian thought. Drawing on Augustinian and Comenian sources, Schadel articulates a relational grammar of being through the categories of in ...
Matteo Raffaelli
wiley   +1 more source

Theodor Steinbüchel's Great Figures of Christian Humanism

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Theodor Steinbüchel (1888–1949) offers a study of eight figures in Western history who may be regarded as gestalts of Christian Humanism. He argued that none of these eight figures will ever return in the same way, but since there was an eternal conception of Christianity to which their ethos gave human form, each of these gestalts can be ...
Tracey Rowland
wiley   +1 more source

Christian Nationalism and the Vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential Election: A State‐Level Analysis

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within the US electoral system, where states are conceived of and vote as discrete entities, state‐level characteristics are vital to consider because they reflect sociocultural context influencing voter behaviour. Though numerous studies have documented the connection between Christian nationalist ideology and voting for Donald Trump in 2016,
Andrew L. Whitehead, Samuel L. Perry
wiley   +1 more source