Search results with tag "Secularization"
religion paper asr - National Bureau of Economic Research
www.nber.org3 The secularization hypothesis remains controversial, and an important competing theory focuses on “market” or “supply-side” forces.2 This approach downplays the role of economic development and other “demand factors” for religion and focuses instead on
Spatial continuities and discontinuities in two successive ...
www.demographic-research.org2 The RWA model of innovation and di ffusion of new behavioral forms 79 3 From the FDT to the SDT: The Belgian example revisited 84 3.1 The three secularization waves in Belgium: 1750-1970 85
SECULARIZATION - Emory University
sociology.emory.edureligion loses social and cultural significance. As a result of secularization the role of religion in modern societies becomes restricted. In secularized societies faith lacks cultural authority, religious organizations have little social power, and public life proceeds with-out reference to the supernatural. Secularization cap-