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The Meaning of "Secularization"
Secularization is the transformation of a society
Society
A society or a human society is ' a group of people related to each other through persistent relations such as social status, roles and social networks. ' A large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural...
from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions. Secularization thesis refers to the belief that as societies "progress", particularly through modernization
Modernization
In the social sciences, modernization or modernisation refers to a model of a evolutionary transition from a 'pre-modern' or 'traditional' to a 'modern' society. The teleology of modernization is described in social evolutionism theories, existing as a template that has been generally followed by...
Society
A society or a human society is ' a group of people related to each other through persistent relations such as social status, roles and social networks. ' A large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural...
from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions. Secularization thesis refers to the belief that as societies "progress", particularly through modernization
Modernization
In the social sciences, modernization or modernisation refers to a model of a evolutionary transition from a 'pre-modern' or 'traditional' to a 'modern' society. The teleology of modernization is described in social evolutionism theories, existing as a template that has been generally followed by...
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