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Secularization is worth considering for its own sake, yet there are reasons that make its consideration urgent. The world is globalizing, generating both synergies and conflicts. One cause of conflict is religion.
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Berger remarked already 1983 that evidence “points to a research agenda of daunting scope, one clearly beyond the capacity of any individual, and one that cannot be expected to reach conclusive results in the near future. One will find such an agenda inviting to the extent that one finds these problems intellectually compelling. It should also be stressed, however, that this is more than only an intellectual or scholarly agenda”.
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Weber 1920–1921, I, 1; italics Weber’s; my tr. He talks of “Rationalisierungen” (rationalizations ) ibid. 11, which I sometimes translate as rationalization processes.
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Steinvorth, U. (2017). Three Theses. In: Secularization. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63871-3_1
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