Olson, Daniel V. Pollack, Detlef. Does modernization lead to the decline of religion? This question lies at the centre of a key debate in the sociology of religion

Olson, Daniel V. Does modernization lead to the decline of religion? This question lies at the centre of a key debate in the sociology of religion. During the past decade American scholars, using primarily American data, have dominated this debate and have made a strong case that the answer to this question is no. Recently, however, a new crop of European scholars, working with new sources of European data, have uncovered evidence that points toward an affirmitive answer.

American Journal of Sociology. Volume 114, Number 6 May 2009. New York: Routledge, 2008. The Role of Religion in Modern Societies.

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Detlef Pollack & Daniel V. A. Olson. In Ann Brooks (e., Social Theory in Contemporary Asia. Approaching Religion Through Linguistics: Methodological Throughts on a Linguistic Analysis of 'Religion' in Political Communication. This article has no associated abstract. Stephanie Garling - 2013 - Approaching Religion 3 (1):16-24. Similar books and articles.

I have elsewhere argued at length about the role of collective subjectivities in social life; this is what actually authorizes at a more general theoretical level my dwelling on modernizing moves by all sorts of, more or less (de)centered, collectivities. States, classes, genders, races and ethnic collectivities, social movements, small groups, firms, international agencies, and many other collectivities, with variable levels of centering (identity and organization) weave social life.

Detlef Pollack, Daniel V. Recently, however, a new crop of European scholars, working with new sources of European data, have uncovered evidence that points toward an affirmative answer.

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