Sacred and Secular

Religion and Politics Worldwide

By: Pippa Norris, Ronald Inglehart

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Seminal nineteenth-century thinkers predicted that religion would gradually fade in importance with the emergence of industrial society. The belief that religion was dying became the conventional wisdom in the social sciences during most of the twentieth century. The traditional secularization thesis needs updating, however, religion has not disappeared and is unlikely to do so. Nevertheless, the concept of secularization captures an important part of what is going on. This book develops a theory of existential security. It demonstrates that the publics of virtually all advanced industrial societies have been moving toward more secular orientations during the past half century, but also that the world as a whole now has more people with traditional religious views than ever before. This second edition expands the theory and provides new and updated evidence from a broad perspective and in a wide range of countries. This confirms that religiosity persists most strongly among vulnerable populations, especially in poorer nations and in failed states. Conversely, a systematic erosion of religious practices, values, and beliefs has occurred among the more prosperous strata in rich nations.

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"This second edition is an outstanding contribution to the new thought among social scientists about the process of secularization... Norris and Inglehart present convincing arguments soundly anchored in extensive systematic research from around the globe...[They] provide a brilliant, well-written, and thoroughly convincing second edition of what will surely become a classic in the field. This is an indispensable work for any college-level class concerned with the role of religion in the contemporary world. Summing Up: Essential." -J.J. Preston, Sonoma State University, CHOICE Magazine

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List of Tables	p. ix
List of Figures	p. xi
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Understanding Secularization
The Secularization Debate	p. 3
Measuring Secularization	p. 33
Comparing Secularization Worldwide	p. 53
Case Studies of Religion and Politics
The Puzzle of Secularization in the United States and Western Europe	p. 83
A Religious Revival in Post-Communist Europe?	p. 111
Religion and Politics in the Muslim World	p. 133
The Consequences of Secularization
Religion, the Protestant Ethic, and Moral Values	p. 159
Religious Organizations and Social Capital	p. 180
Religious Parties and Electoral Behavior	p. 196
Conclusions
Secularization and Its Consequences	p. 215
Reexamining the Theory of Existential Security	p. 243
Reexamining Evidence for the Security Thesis	p. 253
Classifications of Types of Society	p. 283
Concepts and Measures	p. 287
Technical Note on the Freedom of Religion Scale	p. 293
Notes	p. 295
Bibliography	p. 331
Index	p. 359
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