RT Article T1 "Implicit Religion?": What Might That Be? JF Implicit religion VO 15 IS 2 SP 195 OP 207 A1 Bailey, Edward I. 1935-2015 LA English PB Equinox YR 2012 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1690293683 AB The term "Implicit Religion" was (effectively) first coined in 1969, when it was adopted in preference to its predecessor, "secular religion." 'The historical and ideological contexts of the concept will be sketched, before three definitions (or, better, "descriptions") of the intended meaning are offered. Three studies, undertaken as test-cases for the utility of the concept, will be briefly reported, along with the subsequent development of study in the area of implicit religion, and its relationship with explicit religion and spirituality. K1 Economics K1 Ideology K1 Implicit Religion K1 Materialism K1 Reductionism K1 commitments K1 Secular DO 10.1558/imre.v15.i2.15481