This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract An influential theory in the sociology of religion holds that the separation of church and state forces religious organizations to compete ...

Scholars studying religion as a social institution have struggled to explain two contradictory trends. Secularization theory posits America as increasingly less religious, yet religious participation ...

Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" According to new studies in the sociology of religion, the importance of religion and religious institutions has declined dramatically across the world in ...

(RNS) “Religion plays a less important role in American life.” Or maybe, “Religion declines as powerful source of American public authority.” I doubt those headlines would have garnered the attention ...

According to new research in the sociology of religion, secularization has increased rapidly in the past ten years, even in countries that were previously strongly Christian. “We are observing a rapid ...

About six months ago, Americans’ belief in God hit an all-time low. According to a 2022 Gallup survey, the percentage of people who believe in God has dropped from 98% in the 1950s to 81% today; among ...

Reports of declining church attendance, rising atheism, and religious disaffiliation suggest that religion is fading in the modern world. But is that really the case? While Western Europe and the U.S.

"Religion plays a less important role in American life." Or maybe, "Religion declines as powerful source of American public authority." I doubt those headlines would have garnered the attention the ...

About six months ago, Americans’ belief in God hit an all-time low. According to a 2022 Gallup survey, the percentage of people who believe in God has dropped from 98% in the 1950s to 81% today; among ...