ISBN:
9789052019857
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (220 p)
Series Statement:
Dieux, Hommes et Religions v.1
Parallel Title:
Print version Secularization: An Analysis at Three Levels
DDC:
306.6
Keywords:
Secularism
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In an epoch in which religion has explicitly and sometimes violently returned to the forefront of the global public scene, the process of secularization that has fundamentally marked Western and particularly European societies demands attention and analysis. This book, written from a sociological perspective, takes up that challenge. The author distinguishes three levels of secularization. Societal secularization which is a typical consequence of the processes of modernity, and of programmes of laicisation promoted by political parties. Individual secularization that is manifested in the decli
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Series Editor's Presentation by Gabriel Fragnière 11; Preface 13; PART I. SECULARIZATION: A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONCEPT; Introduction 17; Chapter 1. Theories of Secularization 29; Societal Secularization 29; Organizational Secularization 35; Individual Secularization 38; Chapter 2. Societal Secularization 45; The Historical "Base-Line" 45; The Definition of Religion 49; The Integration of Society 52; Societal Secularization: A Mechanical, Straightforward Evolutionary Process? 61; Theoretical Lines of Analysis 82; Other Approaches to the Process of Societal Secularization 96
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Chapter 3. Organizational Secularization 105Religious Change and Organizational Secularization 105; Societal Secularization and Religious Change 117; Chapter 4. The Process of Declining Religious Involvement and Individual Secularization 137; The Comfort Thesis 137; The Secularization Thesis 140; The "Secularization Thesis" and Some Other Theories 146; The "Secularization Thesis", "Invisible Religion", and "Alternative Meaning Systems" 148; Conclusions 153; Chapter 5. Conclusions 157; PART II SECULARIZATION: THE THREE LEVELS AND THEIR INTERRELATEDNESS; Presentation 163
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. The Interrelatedness of Societal and Individual Secularization 165The Secularization Process: A Partial Recapitulation 165; Studying the Effect of Societal Secularization on Individual Religiosity 167; Compartmentalization 169; The Causal Link between Church Commitment and Compartmentalization 170; Chapter 2. Individual Secularization 173; Chapter 3. Bringing the Actors Back In 181; Chapter 4. Epilogue 189; Societal and Individual Secularization: A Relationship 189; Organizational Secularization and Sacralization 190; Pluralism: Secularization and Rational Choice Theories 193
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References 197
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