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sec·u·lar·iza·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
secularization, secularisationnoun
the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion
secularization, secularisationnoun
transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
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secularizationnoun
The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions.
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Secularization
In sociology, secularization (or secularisation) is the transformation of people or a society from identification with traditional , formal, belief systems or religious values and institutions toward unacknowledged belief systems or seemingly non-religious values and secular based belief systems. The secularization thesis expresses the idea that through the lens of the European enlightenment modernization, rationalization, combined with the ascent of science and technology, religious authority diminishes in all aspects of social life and governance. In recent years, the secularization thesis has been challenged due to some global studies indicating that the irreligious population of the world may be in decline as a percentage of the world population due to irreligious countries having subreplacement fertility rates and religious countries having higher birth rates in general. Christian sociologist Peter L. Berger coined the term desecularization to describe this phenomenon. In addition, secularization rates are stalling or reversing in some countries/regions such as the countries in the former Soviet Union or large cities in the Western world with significant amounts of religious immigrants. Even global studies show that many people who do not identify with a religion, still hold religious beliefs and participate in religious practices, thus complicating the situation.As a second meaning, the term "secularization" may also occur in the context of the lifting of monastic restrictions from a member of the clergy.
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secularization
Secularization is the process through which religion loses its influence over various aspects of social life and societal functions, including personal beliefs and values, politics, laws, education, and other societal institutions. It often results in a shift from religious values to more scientific, rational, and objective norms. It also describes the individual’s growing independence from religious regulations and teachings.
Webster Dictionary
Secularizationnoun
the act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, the secularization of church property
Etymology: [Cf. F. scularisation.]
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Secularization
Secularization or secularisation is the transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward nonreligious values and secular institutions. The secularization thesis refers to the belief that as societies progress, particularly through modernization and rationalization, religion loses its authority in all aspects of social life and governance. The term secularization is also used in the context of the lifting of the monastic restrictions from a member of the clergy. Secularization has many levels of meaning, both as a theory and a historical process. Social theorists such as Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Max Weber, and Émile Durkheim, postulated that the modernization of society would include a decline in levels of religiosity. Study of this process seeks to determine the manner in which, or extent to which religious creeds, practices and institutions are losing social significance. Some theorists argue that the secularization of modern civilization partly results from our inability to adapt broad ethical and spiritual needs of mankind to the increasingly fast advance of the physical sciences.
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The numerical value of secularization in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
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The numerical value of secularization in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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They have participated for the past two decades and now they are saying – no, this is just another example of the secularization of America.
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