The Limits of Secularization through Education

Education-inspired decline of religious thought and practice among students has long been conceived as a mechanism of secularization. How education correlates with religious outcomes, and vice versa, have been of interest both in academia and in the public, primarily because of the rise of the so-ca...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bertrand, Robert L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Creighton University 2015
In: The journal of religion & society
Year: 2015, Volume: 17
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Volltext (kostenfrei)

MARC

LEADER 00000naa a22000002 4500
001 1816375187
003 DE-627
005 20220909153141.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 220909s2015 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10504/65456  |2 hdl 
035 |a (DE-627)1816375187 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1816375187 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 0  |a 1  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |a Bertrand, Robert L.  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
245 1 4 |a The Limits of Secularization through Education 
264 1 |c 2015 
300 |a 43 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a Education-inspired decline of religious thought and practice among students has long been conceived as a mechanism of secularization. How education correlates with religious outcomes, and vice versa, have been of interest both in academia and in the public, primarily because of the rise of the so-called "New Atheist" movement that seeks dominion within the intellectual sphere, the rise of the number of individuals who do not identify with a religion, and the guiding secular ethos of Western nations. Modern social research has exposed important limitations and caveats to the secularization paradigm that call into question to what extent, or even if, religious decline occurs during post-secondary schooling. This article presents the inadequacies and unsubstantiated assumptions of the secularization hypothesis through discussion of key topics of contention, namely: (1) propensities of religious to enroll and excel in school; (2) demographic changes in educational trajectories of religious and non-religious; (3) decline of religious service attendance among post-secondary students; (4) the dissolution of religious plausibility structures; (5) the "liberalization" of student religious opinion; and (6) the nature and process of religious disaffiliation during schooling. Although the consensus of this review is that education is generally not atrophic to religious orientation, exceptions in favor of the secularization hypothesis will also be presented. 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t The journal of religion & society  |d Omaha, Nev. : Creighton University, 1999  |g 17(2015)  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)349876045  |w (DE-600)2081561-X  |w (DE-576)281212546  |x 1522-5658  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:17  |g year:2015  |g extent:43 
856 4 0 |u http://hdl.handle.net/10504/65456  |x Resolving-System  |z kostenfrei  |3 Volltext 
856 4 0 |u https://dspace2.creighton.edu/xmlui/handle/10504/65456  |x Verlag  |z kostenfrei  |3 Volltext 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 4186388482 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1816375187 
LOK |0 005 20220909152829 
LOK |0 008 220909||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a ixzo  |a rwrk 
OAS |a 1 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
SUB |a REL