What Secular Society Looks Like? and is Being Secular Unnatural? | Beyond Doubt review of ch. 4 & 5
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What is it like to be a secular person and to live a secular life free of religion? Is it even possible? What about the opposition to religion? Is it reasonable to be antireligious? This video is reviewing chapters 4 and 5 of "Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society".
"Beyond Doubt" demonstrates that the secularization thesis is correct, and religion is losing its grip on societies worldwide
In the decades since its introduction, secularization theory has been subjected to doubt and criticism from a number of leading scholars, who have variously claimed that it is wrong, flawed, or incomplete. In Beyond Doubt, Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman, and Ryan T. Cragun mount a strong defense for the theory, providing compelling evidence that religion is indeed declining globally as a result of modernization.
Though defenses of secularization theory have been mounted in the past, we now have many years’ worth of empirical data to illuminate trends, and can trace changes not just at a given point in time but over a trajectory. Drawing on extensive survey data from nations around the world, the book demonstrates that, in spite of its many detractors, there is robust empirical support for secularization theory. It also engages with the most prominent criticisms levied against the theory, showing that data that are said to refute the narrative of religious decline are easily explainable and in keeping with the broader tendency toward secularization.
Beyond simply defending secularization theory, the authors endeavor to formalize it, offering clear definitions of relevant terms and creating propositions that can be repeatedly and accurately tested. Beyond Doubt offers the strongest argument to date for the existence of a global secularization trend, and will be a vital resource for students and scholars alike who study religion and secularism.
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#secularization #religious_decline #religious_studies #religiolog
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Bibliography/ Recommendations:
Kasselstrand, Zuckerman, and Cragun. 2023. Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society. NYU Press.
Ronald Inglehart. 2021. Religion’s Sudden Decline What's Causing it, and What Comes Next? Oxford University Press.
Norris, P., & Inglehart, R. (2011). Sacred and secular: Religion and politics worldwide. Rev. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press.
Voas, D., & Chaves, M. (2016). Is the United States a counterexample to the secularization thesis? American Journal of Sociology, 121(5), 1517–56.
Smolkin, Victoria. 2018. A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
Bruce, Steve. 2011. Secularization: In Defense of an Unfashionable Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Zuckerman, Phil. 2020. Society Without God, 2nd Edition. New York, NY: New York University Press.
"Beyond Doubt" demonstrates that the secularization thesis is correct, and religion is losing its grip on societies worldwide
In the decades since its introduction, secularization theory has been subjected to doubt and criticism from a number of leading scholars, who have variously claimed that it is wrong, flawed, or incomplete. In Beyond Doubt, Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman, and Ryan T. Cragun mount a strong defense for the theory, providing compelling evidence that religion is indeed declining globally as a result of modernization.
Though defenses of secularization theory have been mounted in the past, we now have many years’ worth of empirical data to illuminate trends, and can trace changes not just at a given point in time but over a trajectory. Drawing on extensive survey data from nations around the world, the book demonstrates that, in spite of its many detractors, there is robust empirical support for secularization theory. It also engages with the most prominent criticisms levied against the theory, showing that data that are said to refute the narrative of religious decline are easily explainable and in keeping with the broader tendency toward secularization.
Beyond simply defending secularization theory, the authors endeavor to formalize it, offering clear definitions of relevant terms and creating propositions that can be repeatedly and accurately tested. Beyond Doubt offers the strongest argument to date for the existence of a global secularization trend, and will be a vital resource for students and scholars alike who study religion and secularism.
Order the book here: https://nyupress.org/9781479814299/be...
Please, support Religiolog through a one-time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/relig...
Or become my Patron: Patreon: 4religiolog
#secularization #religious_decline #religious_studies #religiolog
Check out my other videos:
Part 1 - Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society by NYU Press 2023 | book review - Is Religion Dying? Beyond Doubt: The ...
10 areas of Atheist Discrimination in the US. Atheophobia in America - 10 areas of Atheist Discrimination in...
Religion's Sudden Decline by Ronald Inglehart - Religion's Sudden Decline by Ronald I...
What is secularism? - What is Secularism? 3 types of secula...
History of Soviet Atheism - History of Soviet Atheism. Antireligi...
Bibliography/ Recommendations:
Kasselstrand, Zuckerman, and Cragun. 2023. Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society. NYU Press.
Ronald Inglehart. 2021. Religion’s Sudden Decline What's Causing it, and What Comes Next? Oxford University Press.
Norris, P., & Inglehart, R. (2011). Sacred and secular: Religion and politics worldwide. Rev. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press.
Voas, D., & Chaves, M. (2016). Is the United States a counterexample to the secularization thesis? American Journal of Sociology, 121(5), 1517–56.
Smolkin, Victoria. 2018. A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
Bruce, Steve. 2011. Secularization: In Defense of an Unfashionable Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Zuckerman, Phil. 2020. Society Without God, 2nd Edition. New York, NY: New York University Press.
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