In the Shadow of Secularization Theory: Neglected Issues in the Social-Scientific Study of Spirituality KU Leuven
There is no denying that compared to the heydays of the 1950’s, traditional Christian religion has meanwhile declined significantly and lost much of its former dominance, appeal and legitimacy, particularly in Western-Europe. Secularization theorists show convincing explanations for this downward trend, but however useful and valuable these explanations have been for the sociology of religion, this dissertation argues that the discipline’s ...