Sacred and secular : religion and politics worldwide /
"This book develops a theory of secularization and existential security, demonstrating that the publics of virtually all advanced industrial societies have been moving toward more secular orientations during the past fifty years, but also that the world as a whole now has more people with tradi...
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Understanding Secularization: 1. The secularization debate
- 2. Measuring secularization
- 3. Comparing secularization worldwide
- Part II: Case Studies of Religion and Politics: 4. The puzzle of secularization in the United States and Western Europe
- 5. A religious revival in post-communist Europe?
- 6. Religion and politics in the Muslim world
- Part III: The Consequences of Secularization: 7. Religion, the Protestant ethic, and moral values
- 8. Religious organizations and social capital
- 9. Religious parties and electoral behavior
- Part IV: Conclusions: 10. Secularization and its consequences
- 11. Re-examining the theory of existential security
- 12. Re-examining evidence for the security thesis.
