An open letter to the bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Latin America (known by the Spanish acronym CELAM) released in ...

Secularization in industrializing societies had been anticipated by many European thinkers in the 19th century, including the likes of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber, two of the founders of sociology.

Such forced secularization is to be resisted and condemned. The other type of secularization is organic. It emerges naturally as societies become more modern, educated, prosperous and rational.

Sociologists of religion present a new edition of one of the most comprehensive empirical studies of religious trends across the world – Detlef ...

Secularization in industrializing societies had been anticipated by many European thinkers in the 19th century, including the likes of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber, two of the founders of sociology.

Secularization is beneficial for American democracy, and its effects much broader than we might expect. The results are personal. An early example of secularization is Jefferson’s Bible.

How secularization redefined human transgression. In the classic narratives of adultery, such as those of David and Bathsheba or Lancelot and Guinevere, infidelity was viewed as a profound ...

Politics, secularization driving increase of ‘nones’ and why Chrisitans need to be concerned This Dec. 1, 2012 file photo shows a silhouette of a crucifix and a stained glass window inside a ...

With The Secularization of the Academy, George Marsden started a vigorous and critical national conversation about the place of faith, particularly Christianity, in higher education in America.

Consequently, secularization represents a challenge for our pastoral imagination, it is “an occasion for restructuring the spiritual life in new forms and for new ways of existing” (C. TAYLOR ...

Such forced secularization is to be resisted and condemned. “Americans’ Belief in Five Spiritual Entities, 2001-2023” Graphic courtesy Gallup. The other type of secularization is organic.