The argument is concerned with the contribution of fiction to the secularisation of religion and, in particular, with the development in fiction of a secular religious discourse. The literary ...

The question: is Europe's future Christian? In a little-noticed speech last year the head of the Vatican's department for interfaith contacts, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, thanked Muslims for bringing ...

Claims abound that the "secularisation thesis" (that society would steadily become less religious) has been proved false. The 2001 census reported that over 70% of people were Christian, and faith ...

Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution was a defining event that changed how we think about the relationship between religion and modernity. Ayatollah Khomeini’s mass mobilisation of Islam showed that ...

Peut-on encore dire quelque chose de novateur sur la sécularisation, la déchristianisation, la fin du religieux ? Après des milliers de travaux et des centaines de théorisations, cela semble délicat.

Cet article fait partie du dossier sur le suicide des prêtres. (Cf. le sommaire en pied de page). Jean-François Noël est prêtre du diocèse d’Aix-en-Provence et psychanalyste (1). Il a quitté une ...

University of Bristol provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. We have known for decades that secular countries tend to be richer than religious ones. Finding out why involves ...

In view of the Constitution of 1973 and the many authoritative pronouncements of our judiciary regarding Pakistan’s status as an Islamic state, it is logical to question whether secularisation of ...

Albertine Translation Prize, non-fiction category 2022. On appelle généralement « sécularisation » le phénomène qui aurait vu les sociétés occidentales sortir du règne de l’hétéronomie et entrer dans ...

The findings: Secularisation occurs before economic development which means development does not cause secularisation. But does secularisation lead to development? Respect for individual rights ...