Zuckerman, Phil,
Secularization: Europe--Yes, United States--No. Phil Zuckerman. - Skeptical Inquirer, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 32, Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Secularization: Europe--Yes, United States--No, March/April 2004; pp. 49-52.
"A major concern for sociologists of religion--and a topic of heated debate--is secularization, the process of religious beliefs, symbols, and institutions becoming less influential and significant in society....What the best empirical research reveals is that secularization is unambiguously observable in most of Western Europe, but not in the United States. In fact, religion remains remarkably strong in the United States." (SKEPTICAL INQUIRER) The author discusses how although "we don't know for sure what has caused the religious differences between Western Europe and the United States, the differences are noteworthy and significant, and will surely affect how Europeans and Americans approach and struggle with the oncoming social, political, environmental, and global challenges of the twenty-first century."
1522-3256;
Belief and doubt
Religion and sociology
Secularization
Social surveys
Europe--Religion
Europe--Social conditions
United States--Social conditions
AC1.S5
050
Secularization: Europe--Yes, United States--No. Phil Zuckerman. - Skeptical Inquirer, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 32, Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Secularization: Europe--Yes, United States--No, March/April 2004; pp. 49-52.
"A major concern for sociologists of religion--and a topic of heated debate--is secularization, the process of religious beliefs, symbols, and institutions becoming less influential and significant in society....What the best empirical research reveals is that secularization is unambiguously observable in most of Western Europe, but not in the United States. In fact, religion remains remarkably strong in the United States." (SKEPTICAL INQUIRER) The author discusses how although "we don't know for sure what has caused the religious differences between Western Europe and the United States, the differences are noteworthy and significant, and will surely affect how Europeans and Americans approach and struggle with the oncoming social, political, environmental, and global challenges of the twenty-first century."
1522-3256;
Belief and doubt
Religion and sociology
Secularization
Social surveys
Europe--Religion
Europe--Social conditions
United States--Social conditions
AC1.S5
050