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declining religious authority: a standalone construct

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Sociology of religion

secularization understood as the shrinking scope of religious authority over social life and organizations, not as loss of personal belief.

In sociology of religion, declining religious authority refers to secularization understood as the shrinking scope of religious authority over social life and organizations, not as loss of personal belief. This meaning comes from Chaves (1994) in Social Forces.[1]

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secular3 fields · 8 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs authority4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs belief4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Chaves, M. (1994). Secularization as Declining Religious Authority. Social Forces, 72(3), 749. https://doi.org/10.2307/2579779

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