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Sacred And Secular

SACRED AND SECULAR

The traditional secularization thesis needs updating. Religion has not dis¬ appeared and is unlikely to do so.

Nevertheless, the concept of secularization captures an important part of what is going on. This book develops a theory of secularization and existential security and compares it against survey evidence from almost 80 societies worldwide.

Sacred and Secular is essential reading for anyone interested in comparative religion, sociology, public opinion, political behavior, political development, social psychology, international relations, and cultural change.

Pippa Norris is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Her work compares elec¬ tions and public opinion, gender politics, and political communications.

 Companion volumes by this author, also published by Cambridge University Press, included Virtuous Circle (2000), Digital Divide (2001), Democratic Phoenix (2002), Rising Tide (2003, with Ronald Inglehart), and Electoral Engineering (2004).

 Ronald Inglehart is professor of political science and program director at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.

His research deals with changing belief systems and their impact on social and political change.