عنوان

The Secularisation Thesis Recast:

Number

LA112643

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

The Secularisation Thesis Recast:

General Material Designation

[Article]

Other Title Information

Christianity in Modern China and South Korea

First Statement of Responsibility

Jemima A.H. Baar

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

Steve Bruce's and Karel Dobbelaere's secularisation theses - that industrialisation, urbanisation, societalisation, and rationalisation erode religion on macro-, meso- and micro-levels - can be challenged by reference to the growth and vitality of Christianity in China and South Korea. Christianity propelled economic growth and political change in South Korea at the end of the twentieth century, and has recognised potential in China. Religious institutions play critical roles in contemporary South Korean and Chinese communities. Although in an economically dynamic age permeated by scientific thinking, Christianity thrives in the private sphere in China. The plateauing of the growth rate of South Korean Christianity in recent decades coincides with widespread stability and prosperity in the country, which may have reduced the psychological and practical needs for religion. Thus, the Secularisation Thesis ought to be recast: social stability and prosperity better explain religious decline than industrialisation, urbanisation, societalisation, and rationalisation. Steve Bruce's and Karel Dobbelaere's secularisation theses - that industrialisation, urbanisation, societalisation, and rationalisation erode religion on macro-, meso- and micro-levels - can be challenged by reference to the growth and vitality of Christianity in China and South Korea. Christianity propelled economic growth and political change in South Korea at the end of the twentieth century, and has recognised potential in China. Religious institutions play critical roles in contemporary South Korean and Chinese communities. Although in an economically dynamic age permeated by scientific thinking, Christianity thrives in the private sphere in China. The plateauing of the growth rate of South Korean Christianity in recent decades coincides with widespread stability and prosperity in the country, which may have reduced the psychological and practical needs for religion. Thus, the Secularisation Thesis ought to be recast: social stability and prosperity better explain religious decline than industrialisation, urbanisation, societalisation, and rationalisation. Steve Bruce's and Karel Dobbelaere's secularisation theses - that industrialisation, urbanisation, societalisation, and rationalisation erode religion on macro-, meso- and micro-levels - can be challenged by reference to the growth and vitality of Christianity in China and South Korea. Christianity propelled economic growth and political change in South Korea at the end of the twentieth century, and has recognised potential in China. Religious institutions play critical roles in contemporary South Korean and Chinese communities. Although in an economically dynamic age permeated by scientific thinking, Christianity thrives in the private sphere in China. The plateauing of the growth rate of South Korean Christianity in recent decades coincides with widespread stability and prosperity in the country, which may have reduced the psychological and practical needs for religion. Thus, the Secularisation Thesis ought to be recast: social stability and prosperity better explain religious decline than industrialisation, urbanisation, societalisation, and rationalisation. Steve Bruce's and Karel Dobbelaere's secularisation theses - that industrialisation, urbanisation, societalisation, and rationalisation erode religion on macro-, meso- and micro-levels - can be challenged by reference to the growth and vitality of Christianity in China and South Korea. Christianity propelled economic growth and political change in South Korea at the end of the twentieth century, and has recognised potential in China. Religious institutions play critical roles in contemporary South Korean and Chinese communities. Although in an economically dynamic age permeated by scientific thinking, Christianity thrives in the private sphere in China. The plateauing of the growth rate of South Korean Christianity in recent decades coincides with widespread stability and prosperity in the country, which may have reduced the psychological and practical needs for religion. Thus, the Secularisation Thesis ought to be recast: social stability and prosperity better explain religious decline than industrialisation, urbanisation, societalisation, and rationalisation.

Date of Publication

2021

Physical description

5-27

Title

International Journal of Asian Christianity

Volume Number

4/1

International Standard Serial Number

2542-4246

Subject Term

China

Subject Term

Christianity

Subject Term

Secularisation Thesis

Subject Term

South Korea

Jemima A.H. Baar

Call Number

10.1163/25424246-04010002

Electronic name

p

[Article]

275578

a

Y