Religion: The One, the Few, and the Many
Editors
Ted Gerard Jelen; Clyde Wilcox
Document Type
Chapter
Publication Date
4-1-2002
Publication Title
Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective: The One, the Few, and the Many
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publisher Location
New York
First page number:
1
Last page number:
26
Abstract
Fifty years ago, many social scientists assumed that “religion in the modern world was declining and would likely to continue to decline until its eventual disappearance” (Casanova 1994, p.25). In Western Europe levels of public religiosity had declined to low levels, and many assumed this to be the likely path of most societies. Predictions that secularism would soon sweep the United States and the rest of the world were commonplace; by the end of the millennium religion was expected to be confined primarily to less developed societies. At the very least, governments and politics were expected to be freed of the influence of religious elites and citizens.
Disciplines
Political Science | Religion
Language
English
Repository Citation
Jelen, T. G.,
Wilcox, C.
(2002).
Religion: The One, the Few, and the Many. In Ted Gerard Jelen; Clyde Wilcox,
Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective: The One, the Few, and the Many
1-26.
New York: Cambridge University Press.
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