I think what I and most other sociologists of religion wrote in the 1960s about secularization was a mistake. Our underlying argument was that secularization and modernity go hand in hand. With more modernization comes more secularization.

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Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one...

Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one...

Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture....

Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture....

If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe.

If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe.

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy...

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy...

If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would...

If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would...

The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in...

The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in...

There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes...

There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes...

So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical...

So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical...

Some people seem to gravitate from one fundamentalism to another, from some kind of secular...

Some people seem to gravitate from one fundamentalism to another, from some kind of secular...

In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power...

In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power...

It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that...

It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that...

We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural...

We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural...

The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people...

The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people...

One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive...

One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive...

Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will...

Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will...

Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which...

Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which...

Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market...

Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market...

When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel...

When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel...

I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations...

I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations...

The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox...

The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox...