The Case Against Secularization: A Rebuttal
This article examines the main charges against secularization theory and finds them wanting. Contrary to the recent arguments of various critics, there is a reasonably solid body of secularization theory with valid historical content; secularization cannot be explained away as either institutionaliz...
Gespeichert in:
| Veröffentlicht in: | Social forces 1991-06, Vol.69 (4), p.1103-1119 |
|---|---|
| 1. Verfasser: | |
| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
| container_end_page | 1119 |
|---|---|
| container_issue | 4 |
| container_start_page | 1103 |
| container_title | Social forces |
| container_volume | 69 |
| creator | Lechner, Frank J. |
| description | This article examines the main charges against secularization theory and finds them wanting. Contrary to the recent arguments of various critics, there is a reasonably solid body of secularization theory with valid historical content; secularization cannot be explained away as either institutionalization or transformation; it is neither a selflimiting process nor reversed by fundamentalist movements; and while secularization theory may be of limited use in current macrosociological research on global change, it is as yet far from irrelevant. Until it is more solidly refuted, secularization theory remains a valuable part of the theoretical arsenal of the sociology of religion. |
| doi_str_mv | 10.1093/sf/69.4.1103 |
| format | Article |
| fullrecord | <record><control><sourceid>gale_proqu</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_61152547</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><galeid>A11094776</galeid><jstor_id>2579304</jstor_id><sourcerecordid>A11094776</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c402t-c03185066d4ca1d0575164fcdfb513802a6bdd2501d014989c1515a5cc2d02c53</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNqF0UtrFEEQB_BGFFyjNz_AoOLFzKaqn9O5bRbzkGjARBAvRW9PzzrrZCZ2z0D006eXFRVBcqpD_-h6_Bl7jjBHsOIgNQfazuUcEcQDNkMlZGk0qIdsBiBMaYzgj9mTlDYAgFJWM_bm6msoli6FYrF2bZ_G4jL4qXOx_enGdugPi0XxMaymcXTdU_aocV0Kz37VPfbp-O3V8rQ8vzg5Wy7OSy-Bj6UHgZUCrWvpHdagjEItG183K4WiAu70qq65gvyG0lbWo0LllPe8Bu6V2GOvd__exOH7FNJI123yoetcH4YpkUZUXElzPwSQla3EvVCYPLFFneGLf-BmmGKftyXObaW5ENv5Xv4PIbeQG2pus9rfqbXrArW9H_ox3I5-6LqwDpQvtrygRY7KSmP0H-7jkFIMDd3E9trFH4RA23QpNaQtSdqmm_mrHd-kcYh_Wy7AEFfGCpCZlTvWptz8N3PxG2kjjKLTz19IHqmj9-8uBX0Qd4pFrD4</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>1290983629</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>The Case Against Secularization: A Rebuttal</title><source>Oxford University Press Journals Digital Archive legacy</source><source>Jstor Complete Legacy</source><source>Education Source</source><source>Worldwide Political Science Abstracts</source><source>HeinOnline Law Journal Library</source><source>Business Source Complete</source><source>Alma/SFX Local Collection</source><source>Sociological Abstracts</source><source>Periodicals Index Online</source><creator>Lechner, Frank J.</creator><creatorcontrib>Lechner, Frank J.</creatorcontrib><description>This article examines the main charges against secularization theory and finds them wanting. Contrary to the recent arguments of various critics, there is a reasonably solid body of secularization theory with valid historical content; secularization cannot be explained away as either institutionalization or transformation; it is neither a selflimiting process nor reversed by fundamentalist movements; and while secularization theory may be of limited use in current macrosociological research on global change, it is as yet far from irrelevant. Until it is more solidly refuted, secularization theory remains a valuable part of the theoretical arsenal of the sociology of religion.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0037-7732</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1534-7605</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1093/sf/69.4.1103</identifier><identifier>CODEN: SOFOAP</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Chapel Hill, N.C: The University of North Carolina Press</publisher><subject>Analysis ; Christianity ; Comparative Sociology ; Evaluation ; Fundamentalism ; Globalization ; Institutionalization ; Refutation ; Religion ; Religion and sociology ; Secularism ; Secularization ; Social conditions & trends ; Social theories ; Sociology ; Sociology of Religion ; Theoretical Problems ; Theory ; World systems</subject><ispartof>Social forces, 1991-06, Vol.69 (4), p.1103-1119</ispartof><rights>Copyright 1991 The University of North Carolina Press</rights><rights>COPYRIGHT 1991 Oxford University Press</rights><rights>Copyright University of North Carolina Press Jun 1991</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c402t-c03185066d4ca1d0575164fcdfb513802a6bdd2501d014989c1515a5cc2d02c53</citedby></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2579304$$EPDF$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/2579304$$EHTML$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,776,780,799,12824,27321,27846,27901,27902,33751,33752,57992,58225</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>Lechner, Frank J.</creatorcontrib><title>The Case Against Secularization: A Rebuttal</title><title>Social forces</title><addtitle>Social Forces</addtitle><description>This article examines the main charges against secularization theory and finds them wanting. Contrary to the recent arguments of various critics, there is a reasonably solid body of secularization theory with valid historical content; secularization cannot be explained away as either institutionalization or transformation; it is neither a selflimiting process nor reversed by fundamentalist movements; and while secularization theory may be of limited use in current macrosociological research on global change, it is as yet far from irrelevant. Until it is more solidly refuted, secularization theory remains a valuable part of the theoretical arsenal of the sociology of religion.</description><subject>Analysis</subject><subject>Christianity</subject><subject>Comparative Sociology</subject><subject>Evaluation</subject><subject>Fundamentalism</subject><subject>Globalization</subject><subject>Institutionalization</subject><subject>Refutation</subject><subject>Religion</subject><subject>Religion and sociology</subject><subject>Secularism</subject><subject>Secularization</subject><subject>Social conditions & trends</subject><subject>Social theories</subject><subject>Sociology</subject><subject>Sociology of Religion</subject><subject>Theoretical Problems</subject><subject>Theory</subject><subject>World systems</subject><issn>0037-7732</issn><issn>1534-7605</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>1991</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>HYQOX</sourceid><sourceid>K30</sourceid><sourceid>~OU</sourceid><sourceid>~OW</sourceid><sourceid>7UB</sourceid><sourceid>8G5</sourceid><sourceid>BEC</sourceid><sourceid>BENPR</sourceid><sourceid>BHHNA</sourceid><sourceid>GUQSH</sourceid><sourceid>M2O</sourceid><recordid>eNqF0UtrFEEQB_BGFFyjNz_AoOLFzKaqn9O5bRbzkGjARBAvRW9PzzrrZCZ2z0D006eXFRVBcqpD_-h6_Bl7jjBHsOIgNQfazuUcEcQDNkMlZGk0qIdsBiBMaYzgj9mTlDYAgFJWM_bm6msoli6FYrF2bZ_G4jL4qXOx_enGdugPi0XxMaymcXTdU_aocV0Kz37VPfbp-O3V8rQ8vzg5Wy7OSy-Bj6UHgZUCrWvpHdagjEItG183K4WiAu70qq65gvyG0lbWo0LllPe8Bu6V2GOvd__exOH7FNJI123yoetcH4YpkUZUXElzPwSQla3EvVCYPLFFneGLf-BmmGKftyXObaW5ENv5Xv4PIbeQG2pus9rfqbXrArW9H_ox3I5-6LqwDpQvtrygRY7KSmP0H-7jkFIMDd3E9trFH4RA23QpNaQtSdqmm_mrHd-kcYh_Wy7AEFfGCpCZlTvWptz8N3PxG2kjjKLTz19IHqmj9-8uBX0Qd4pFrD4</recordid><startdate>19910601</startdate><enddate>19910601</enddate><creator>Lechner, Frank J.</creator><general>The University of North Carolina Press</general><general>University of North Carolina Press</general><general>Oxford University Press</general><scope>BSCLL</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>ABKTN</scope><scope>EOLOZ</scope><scope>FKUCP</scope><scope>HYQOX</scope><scope>IBDFT</scope><scope>JSICY</scope><scope>K30</scope><scope>PAAUG</scope><scope>PAWHS</scope><scope>PAWZZ</scope><scope>PAXOH</scope><scope>PBHAV</scope><scope>PBQSW</scope><scope>PBYQZ</scope><scope>PCIWU</scope><scope>PCMID</scope><scope>PCZJX</scope><scope>PDGRG</scope><scope>PDWWI</scope><scope>PETMR</scope><scope>PFVGT</scope><scope>PGXDX</scope><scope>PIHIL</scope><scope>PISVA</scope><scope>PJCTQ</scope><scope>PJTMS</scope><scope>PLCHJ</scope><scope>PMHAD</scope><scope>PNQDJ</scope><scope>POUND</scope><scope>PPLAD</scope><scope>PQAPC</scope><scope>PQCAN</scope><scope>PQCMW</scope><scope>PQEME</scope><scope>PQHKH</scope><scope>PQMID</scope><scope>PQNCT</scope><scope>PQNET</scope><scope>PQSCT</scope><scope>PQSET</scope><scope>PSVJG</scope><scope>PVMQY</scope><scope>PZGFC</scope><scope>~OT</scope><scope>~OU</scope><scope>~OV</scope><scope>~OW</scope><scope>0-V</scope><scope>3V.</scope><scope>7U4</scope><scope>7UB</scope><scope>7X7</scope><scope>7XB</scope><scope>88B</scope><scope>88E</scope><scope>88F</scope><scope>88G</scope><scope>88J</scope><scope>8AM</scope><scope>8BJ</scope><scope>8FI</scope><scope>8FJ</scope><scope>8FK</scope><scope>8G5</scope><scope>ABUWG</scope><scope>AFKRA</scope><scope>AIMQZ</scope><scope>ALSLI</scope><scope>AZQEC</scope><scope>BEC</scope><scope>BENPR</scope><scope>BGRYB</scope><scope>BHHNA</scope><scope>CCPQU</scope><scope>CJNVE</scope><scope>DPSOV</scope><scope>DWI</scope><scope>DWQXO</scope><scope>FQK</scope><scope>FYUFA</scope><scope>GHDGH</scope><scope>GNUQQ</scope><scope>GUQSH</scope><scope>HEHIP</scope><scope>JBE</scope><scope>K7.</scope><scope>K9.</scope><scope>KC-</scope><scope>LIQON</scope><scope>M0O</scope><scope>M0P</scope><scope>M0S</scope><scope>M1P</scope><scope>M1Q</scope><scope>M2L</scope><scope>M2M</scope><scope>M2O</scope><scope>M2R</scope><scope>M2S</scope><scope>MBDVC</scope><scope>PQEDU</scope><scope>PQEST</scope><scope>PQQKQ</scope><scope>PQUKI</scope><scope>PRINS</scope><scope>PSYQQ</scope><scope>Q9U</scope><scope>S0X</scope><scope>WZK</scope></search><sort><creationdate>19910601</creationdate><title>The Case Against Secularization: A Rebuttal</title><author>Lechner, Frank J.</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c402t-c03185066d4ca1d0575164fcdfb513802a6bdd2501d014989c1515a5cc2d02c53</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>1991</creationdate><topic>Analysis</topic><topic>Christianity</topic><topic>Comparative Sociology</topic><topic>Evaluation</topic><topic>Fundamentalism</topic><topic>Globalization</topic><topic>Institutionalization</topic><topic>Refutation</topic><topic>Religion</topic><topic>Religion and sociology</topic><topic>Secularism</topic><topic>Secularization</topic><topic>Social conditions & trends</topic><topic>Social theories</topic><topic>Sociology</topic><topic>Sociology of Religion</topic><topic>Theoretical Problems</topic><topic>Theory</topic><topic>World systems</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Lechner, Frank J.</creatorcontrib><collection>Istex</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>Periodicals Archive Online JSTOR Titles</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segment 01</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segment 04</collection><collection>ProQuest Historical Periodicals</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segment 27</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segment 36</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - West</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - International</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - MEA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Midwest</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Northeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Southeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - North Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Southeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - South Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - UK / I</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Canada</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - EMEALA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - North Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - South Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - International</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - International</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - West</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segments 1-50</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - APAC</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Midwest</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - MEA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Canada</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - UK / I</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - EMEALA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - APAC</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Canada</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - West</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - EMEALA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Northeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Midwest</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - North Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Northeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - South Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Southeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - UK / I</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - APAC</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - MEA</collection><collection>PAO Collection 2 (purchase pre Oct/2008)</collection><collection>Periodicals Archive Online Collection 2</collection><collection>PAO Collection 2</collection><collection>Periodicals Archive Online Collection 2.2</collection><collection>ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Corporate)</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts (pre-2017)</collection><collection>Worldwide Political Science Abstracts</collection><collection>Health & Medical Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>Education Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Medical Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Military Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Psychology Database (Alumni)</collection><collection>Social Science Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Criminal Justice Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)</collection><collection>Hospital Premium Collection</collection><collection>Hospital Premium Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>Research Library (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central UK/Ireland</collection><collection>ProQuest One Literature</collection><collection>Social Science Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Essentials</collection><collection>eLibrary</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>Criminology Collection</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts</collection><collection>ProQuest One Community College</collection><collection>Education Collection</collection><collection>Politics Collection</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Korea</collection><collection>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences</collection><collection>Health Research Premium Collection</collection><collection>Health Research Premium Collection (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Student</collection><collection>Research Library Prep</collection><collection>Sociology Collection</collection><collection>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences</collection><collection>ProQuest Criminal Justice (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest Health & Medical Complete (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest Politics Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest One Literature - U.S. Customers Only</collection><collection>ProQuest Criminal Justice</collection><collection>Education Database</collection><collection>Health & Medical Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Medical Database</collection><collection>Military Database</collection><collection>Political Science Database</collection><collection>ProQuest Psychology</collection><collection>Research Library</collection><collection>Social Science Database</collection><collection>Sociology Database</collection><collection>Research Library (Corporate)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Education</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition</collection><collection>ProQuest Central China</collection><collection>ProQuest One Psychology</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Basic</collection><collection>SIRS Editorial</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts (Ovid)</collection><jtitle>Social forces</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Lechner, Frank J.</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>The Case Against Secularization: A Rebuttal</atitle><jtitle>Social forces</jtitle><addtitle>Social Forces</addtitle><date>1991-06-01</date><risdate>1991</risdate><volume>69</volume><issue>4</issue><spage>1103</spage><epage>1119</epage><pages>1103-1119</pages><issn>0037-7732</issn><eissn>1534-7605</eissn><coden>SOFOAP</coden><abstract>This article examines the main charges against secularization theory and finds them wanting. Contrary to the recent arguments of various critics, there is a reasonably solid body of secularization theory with valid historical content; secularization cannot be explained away as either institutionalization or transformation; it is neither a selflimiting process nor reversed by fundamentalist movements; and while secularization theory may be of limited use in current macrosociological research on global change, it is as yet far from irrelevant. Until it is more solidly refuted, secularization theory remains a valuable part of the theoretical arsenal of the sociology of religion.</abstract><cop>Chapel Hill, N.C</cop><pub>The University of North Carolina Press</pub><doi>10.1093/sf/69.4.1103</doi><tpages>17</tpages></addata></record> |
| fulltext | fulltext |
| identifier | ISSN: 0037-7732 |
| ispartof | Social forces, 1991-06, Vol.69 (4), p.1103-1119 |
| issn | 0037-7732 1534-7605 |
| language | eng |
| recordid | cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_61152547 |
| source | Oxford University Press Journals Digital Archive legacy; Jstor Complete Legacy; Education Source; Worldwide Political Science Abstracts; HeinOnline Law Journal Library; Business Source Complete; Alma/SFX Local Collection; Sociological Abstracts; Periodicals Index Online |
| subjects | Analysis Christianity Comparative Sociology Evaluation Fundamentalism Globalization Institutionalization Refutation Religion Religion and sociology Secularism Secularization Social conditions & trends Social theories Sociology Sociology of Religion Theoretical Problems Theory World systems |
| title | The Case Against Secularization: A Rebuttal |
| url | https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-02-08T20%3A13%3A43IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-gale_proqu&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=The%20Case%20Against%20Secularization:%20A%20Rebuttal&rft.jtitle=Social%20forces&rft.au=Lechner,%20Frank%20J.&rft.date=1991-06-01&rft.volume=69&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=1103&rft.epage=1119&rft.pages=1103-1119&rft.issn=0037-7732&rft.eissn=1534-7605&rft.coden=SOFOAP&rft_id=info:doi/10.1093/sf/69.4.1103&rft_dat=%3Cgale_proqu%3EA11094776%3C/gale_proqu%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=1290983629&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_galeid=A11094776&rft_jstor_id=2579304&rfr_iscdi=true |