This volume aims to revitalize the exchange between sociological differentiation theory and the sociology of religion, which previously held center stage among

This volume aims to revitalize the exchange between sociological differentiation theory and the sociology of religion, which previously held center stage among

Religion has dominated colonialism since the 16th century. 'Religion and the Secular' critically examines how religion has been used to subject indigenous conce

For decades, scholars and public intellectuals have been predicting the demise of religion in the face of secularization. Yet religion is undergoing an unpreced

Introduced to social scientific audiences by Max Weber, the concept of secularization has had a major influence on the way in which religion has been understood