The Subjective Secularization of Great Britain, 1991–2007
Issue: Vol 17 No. 2 (2014)
Journal: Implicit Religion
Subject Areas: Religious Studies
Abstract:
Scholarly debates continue to abound on the theme and the theory of secularization and its counterpart, sacralization. This paper will present a succinct review of relevant sources that address this debate. The focus will be on what Berger terms “subjective secularization,” and evidence from a longitudinal study of British subjects surveyed from 1991 to 2007 will provide substantial support for a subjective secularization thesis.
Author: Donald Swenson
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