Towards an Integrated Perspective of the Processes Related to the Descriptive Concept of Secularization
Taking into account the analytical distinction between system levels, this article proposes an integrated perspective of the different processes related to secularization. Several levels of analysis are discussed: the macro, meso, and micro levels, and the interconnectedness between them. Seculariza...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Univ. Press
1999
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Sociology of religion
Year: 1999, Volume: 60, Issue: 3, Pages: 229-247 |
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| Summary: | Taking into account the analytical distinction between system levels, this article proposes an integrated perspective of the different processes related to secularization. Several levels of analysis are discussed: the macro, meso, and micro levels, and the interconnectedness between them. Secularization is seen here as the particularization in the religious subsystem of the general process of functional differentiation on the macro level. The purpose is to propose a more integrated theoretical view of secularization and related processes rather than a paradigm, and to stimulate international comparative research. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3711935 |