Keyword

secularization theory

Description: A sociological theory explaining how modernization and social change affect religion’s influence, institutions, and place in public life.

Primary topic: Religion and Society Interactions (63%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/secularization-theory

Secularization as Declining Religious Authority

1994 · M. Chaves · Social Forces · 932

A World Survey of Religion and the State

2008 · Jonathan Fox · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 642

Secularization, R.I.P.

1999 · Rodney Stark · Sociology of Religion · 558

Toward Desacralizing Secularization Theory

1987 · J. K. Hadden · Social Forces · 460

The Secularization Paradigm: A Systematization

1991 · Olivier Tschannen · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 433

The Many Altars of Modernity

2014 · Peter L. Berger · De Gruyter eBooks · 428

Secularization Theory: The Course of a Concept

1999 · William H. Swatos, Kevin J. Christiano · Sociology of Religion · 392

Religious Pluralism and Participation: Why Previous Research Is Wrong

2002 · David Voas, Daniel V. A. Olson, et al. · American Sociological Review · 359

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After Secularization?

2008 · Philip S. Gorski, Ateş Altınordu · Annual Review of Sociology · 356

Transformations in New Immigrant Religions and Their Global Implications

2001 · Fenggang Yang, Helen Rose Ebaugh · American Sociological Review · 328

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Sacred and secular: religion and politics worldwide

2012 · Choice Reviews Online · 312

The Disenchantment of the World A Political History of Religion

· Gauchet, Marcel, Burge, Oscar, et al. · 278

Everyday Religion: Observing Modern Religious Lives

2006 · Nancy T. Ammerman · 274

Religion And Modernization

1992 · 269

Religion and Comparative Politics

2001 · Anthony Gill · Annual Review of Political Science · 268

Secularization on Trial: In Defense of a Neosecularization Paradigm

1997 · David Yamane · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 250

Secularization: A Multi-Dimensional Concept

1982 · William H. Swatos, Karel Dobbelaere · Sociological Analysis · 247

Rethinking Religion: Toward a Practice Approach

2020 · Nancy T. Ammerman · American Journal of Sociology · 239

Spirituality: The Emergence of a New Cultural Category and its Challenge to the Religious and the Secular

2014 · Boaz Huss · Journal of Contemporary Religion · 233

State Welfare Spending and Religiosity

2004 · Anthony Gill, Erik Lundsgaarde · Rationality and Society · 216

Enlightenment, Religion, and the Enigma of Secularization: A Review Essay

2003 · Jonathan Sheehan · The American Historical Review · 209

The Case Against Secularization: A Rebuttal

1991 · F. J. Lechner · Social Forces · 192

Les Théories de la sécularisation

1992 · Olivier Tschannen · Librairie Droz eBooks · 188

The Rise of Religious Nationalism and Conflict: Ethnic Conflict and Revolutionary Wars, 1945-2001

2004 · Jonathan Fox · Journal of Peace Research · 186

Religion and Modernization: Sociologists and Historians Debate the Secularization Thesis

1993 · William H. Swatos, Steve Bruce · Review of Religious Research · 173

Works count: 3,121

Citation count: 22,670