Publication details
Náboženství a modernita v současné sociologii náboženství
| Title in English | Religion and Modernity in the Contemporary Sociology of Religion |
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| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Sociální studia |
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| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | religion; modernity; secularization; modernization; multiple modernity; sociology of religion |
| Description | The paper deals with the question of the relationship between modernity and religion. Classical secularization theories supposed that with advance of modernity (traditional) religion loses its social influence and significance as well as its hold over the lives of modern individuals. However, empirical reality has not confirmed such a prophecy: religion is still representing an important element in the social world. Sociologists of religion have been forced to revise their theoretical notions and concepts and admit that the impact of modernity on religion may be more complex and ambivalent than their predecessors had claimed. The text introduces several authors who are interested in theoretical reflections of the fate of religion in modernity and who share belief about ability of modernity to produce its own specific forms of religion different from the traditional ones. |