‘Secularization’ sounds simple, a decline in the power of religion. Yet, the history of the term is controversial and multi-faceted; it has been useful to b

The decline in power, popularity and prestige of religion across the modern world is not a short-term or localized trend nor is it an accident. It is a conseque

'Secularization and Cultural Criticism' examines the responses of a wide range of thinkers to illustrate exactly why the problem of secularisation in the study

This book challenges the modern myth that tolerance grows as societies become less religious. The myth inseparably links the progress of toleration to the secul

This study overcomes the ambiguity and daunting scale of the subject of secularization by using the insights of anthropology and sociology, and by examining an