Citation Fabbe, Kristin. "Turkey's Secularization in Reverse?" In Rethinking Nation and Nationalism. No. 14, 17–19. POMEPS Studies. Washington, D.C.: Project on Middle East Political Science, 2015.

Two of the leading sociologists of religion over the past thirty years, Nancy T. Ammerman and José Casanova, join Boisi Center director Mark Massa, S.J. for a conversation about how to think about ...

Secularization is the historical process whereby religion weakens, lessens, diminishes, or fades in society; secularization entails a social process in which fewer people, over time, believe in ...

With The Secularization of the Academy, George Marsden started a vigorous and critical national conversation about the place of faith, particularly Christianity, in higher education in America.

A closer look at two key sectors – the Directorate of Religious Affairs and education – provides a window for analyzing claims that Turkey's AKP is "Islamizing the state." ...

Edited by Smith, with essays by a number of scholars, the book offers a bracingly revisionist account of secularization that is sure to generate debate. To whet your appetite, here is an excerpt ...

As Berger noted at our conference, he confused, earlier, secularization with pluralization; secularity with plurality. He also thought of the secular and religious as polar opposites to each other.

How secularization redefined human transgression. In the classic narratives of adultery, such as those of David and Bathsheba or Lancelot and Guinevere, infidelity was viewed as a profound ...

On the occasion of receiving this year’s Ratzinger Prize, the famous Catholic philosopher from Canada discusses secularization, multiculturalism and other issues of modernity.

Secularization is the best thing that’s ever happened to religion. That might seem like a shocking statement for both religious and secular people. But its implications become clear when we ...