The one or the many? Narrating and evaluating Western secularization
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DOI: 10.1080/17496977.2016.1255459
Abstract: ABSTRACT Secularization in the Western world is not a contrived combination of disconnected phenomena. It is a complex, long-term, multi-faceted process in which the central place of Christianity has greatly diminished in all areas of… read more here.
Keywords: secularization; western secularization; many narrating; evaluating western ... See more keywords
Introduction to Jacques Derrida’s “Christianity and Secularization”
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DOI: 10.1086/710911
Abstract: This introduction argues that Derrida’s analysis in “Christianity and Secularization” undercuts two influential interpretations of his work. Some readers assimilate Derrida to an indeterminate “religion without religion” while others claim that he represents a “radical… read more here.
Keywords: secularization; christianity secularization; introduction jacques; religion ... See more keywords
Reflexive secularization? Concepts, processes and antagonisms of postsecularity
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DOI: 10.1177/1368431018813769
Abstract: This article deals with the concepts, processes, and antagonisms that are associated with the notion of postsecularity. In light of this article’s expanded interpretation of José Casanova on the secular and secularization, as well as… read more here.
Keywords: secularization; secularization concepts; processes antagonisms; concepts processes ... See more keywords
Secularization Trends Obscure Developmental Changes in Religiosity
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DOI: 10.1177/19485506221076684
Abstract: How do people’s religious beliefs and behaviors change over the course of adulthood? Previous research found rapid decreases in religiosity during young adulthood and rebounds in middle and late adulthood. However, secularization trends—if not accounted… read more here.
Keywords: developmental changes; adulthood; religiosity; secularization ... See more keywords
Desiring the Secular: Capital, Cohesion, and the Fantasy of Secularization
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DOI: 10.3390/rel12060410
Abstract: Towards the end of the twentieth century, religion re-emerged as a topic of pressing concern in a number of the most self-consciously secularized states of the global north. From disputes over the wearing of headscarves… read more here.
Keywords: desiring secular; secular capital; fantasy secularization; religiosity ... See more keywords