Secularization

What is rationalization?

knowledge increasingly found in rational scientific principles

What is pluralism?

lack of religious monopoly compromises religious authority..end of religion

What are the key steps in Chaves' Theoretical Paradigm?

- New Differentiation Theory - Defining "religious authority" -A new definition of Secularization -3 dimensions of secularization declining religious authority

What are the 3 dimensions of secularization?

-Laicization - Internal Secularizations - Religious Disinvolvement

What is the secularization thesis?

-suggests that as societies industrialize and become more complex, religion diminishes in importance -social structure-->culture-->individual beliefs and behaviors

What is defining "religious authority"?

A social structure that attempts to enforce its order and reach it end by controlling the access of individuals to some desired goods, where the legitimization of that control includes some supernatural component, however weak

What is World Values Survey 1981-2001?

Nominal belonging to many European churches

What is Laicization?

Other institutions gain autonomy from religious institutions of society

What is internal secularizations?

Process by which religious organizations undergo internal development towards conformity with the secular world

What is a new definition of secularization?

Secularization as declining religious authority will refer to the declining influence of social structures whose legitimation rests on reference to the supernatural

What is religious disinvolvement?

The decline of religious beliefs and practices among individuals

What is a New Differentiation Theory?

The social fact that various institutional spheres are more or less differentiated from religion

What is functional differentiation?

functions once performed by churches now performed by specialized secular institutions