Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics WorldwideCambridge University Press, 20.09.2004 - 329 Seiten Seminal thinkers of the nineteenth century - Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Karl Marx, and Sigmund Freud - all predicted that religion would gradually fade in importance and cease to be significant with the emergence of industrial society. The belief that religion was dying became the conventional wisdom in the social sciences during most of the twentieth century. During the last decade, however, the secularization thesis has experienced the most sustained challenge in its long history. The traditional secularization thesis needs updating. Religion has not disappeared and is unlikely to do so. Nevertheless, the concept of secularization captures an important part of what is going on. This book develops a theory of secularization and existential security. Sacred and Secular is essential reading for anyone interested in comparative religion, sociology, public opinion, political behavior, political development, social psychology, international relations, and cultural change. |
Inhalt
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Measuring Secularization | 33 |
Comparing Secularization Worldwide | 53 |
The Puzzle of Secularization in the United States and Western Europe | 83 |
A Religious Revival in PostCommunist Europe? | 111 |
Religion and Politics in the Muslim World | 133 |
Religion the Protestant Ethic and Moral Values | 159 |
Religious Organizations and Social Capital | 180 |
Secularization and Its Consequences | 215 |
Classifications of Types of Society | 243 |
Concepts and Measures | 247 |
Technical Note on the Freedom of Religion Scale | 253 |
Notes | 255 |
Bibliography | 287 |
Index | 315 |
Religious Parties and Electoral Behavior | 196 |
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affluent analysis attend religious services attitudes Available online Catholic Chapter church attendance churchgoing clash of civilizations coefficient cohort compared comparison countries cross-national democratic differences economic electoral European evidence existential security faith fertility rates Freedom House Herfindahl Index Human Development Index human security impact indicators industrial societies Islamic Journal levels of human living measured membership modernization Muslim Older democracy once a week Orthodox patterns Pippa Norris political population postindustrial societies predominant religious culture Princeton Protestant societies religious behavior religious beliefs Religious Freedom religious market religious organizations religious participation religious pluralism religious values Rodney Stark role Ronald Inglehart scale Scientific Study secularization services of worship significant social capital Sociology of Religion spiritual Steve Bruce Study of Religion supply-side Survey/European Values Survey Table theory tion traditional trends type of society UNDP United Values Survey/European Values Western Europe World Values Survey World Values Survey/European Yes Yes Yes York
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Seite 325 - Schuster. P. 19. Putnam also offers a related definition: “By ‘social capital' I mean features of social life — networks, norms and trust — that enable participants to act together more effectively to pursue shared objectives.” Robert D. Putnam. 1996. “The Strange Disappearance of Civic America.
Seite 293 - A university education is more important for a boy than a girl.” (Agree coded low); NEEDKID QuO: “Do you think that a woman has to have children in order to be fulfilled or is this not necessary?” (Agree coded low); SGLMUM Q112: “If a woman wants to have a child as a single parent but she doesn't want to have a stable relationship
Seite 3 - Once the world was filled with the sacred— in thought, practice, and institutional form. After the Reformation and the Renaissance, the forces of modernization swept across the globe and secularization, a corollary historical process, loosened the dominance of the sacred. In due course, the sacred shall disappear altogether except, possibly, in the private realm.
Seite 322 - If a woman wants to have a child as a single parent but she doesn't want to have a stable relationship with a man, do you approve or disapprove?” (disapprove coded low). Three items used statements with
Seite 4 - religious as it ever was, and in some places more so than ever¿ This means that a whole body of literature by historians and social scientists loosely labeled ‘secularization theory' is essentially mistaken.
Seite 292 - population. UNDP Human Development Report 2000. Gender-Related A composite index using the same variables as the Development human development index but adjusting life Index expectancy, educational attainment, and income in accordance with the disparity in achievement between women and men in each country. UNDP Human Development Report 2000. Gender A composite index combining indices for economic Empowerment participation and
Seite 80 - Apart from weddings, funerals, and christenin,gs, about how often do you attend religious services these days? More than once a week, once a week, once a month, only on special
Seite 84 - Apart from weddings, funerals, and christenings. about how often do you attend religious services these days? More than once a week, once a week, once a month, only on special
Seite 118 - Apart from weddings, funerals, and christenings, about how often do you attend religious services these days? More than once a week, once a week, once a month, only on special
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