In the wake of Reinhart Koselleck’s seminal work on temporality (1979), historians studying past futures in Western Europe have argued that our current understanding of the future dates back to the ...

The argument is concerned with the contribution of fiction to the secularisation of religion and, in particular, with the development in fiction of a secular religious discourse. The literary ...

Behind the current crises in universities, of issues of funding, trust, and relevance, is a deeper issue, a long-term process of secularisation in Western society in the form of this year’s New ...

In view of the Constitution of 1973 and the many authoritative pronouncements of our judiciary regarding Pakistan’s status as an Islamic state, it is logical to question whether secularisation of ...

If you were smart, you'd leave it nice and vague. "The opinion is everywhere gaining ground that religion is a mere survival from a primitive … age, and its extinction only a matter of time," ...

University of Bristol provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. We have known for decades that secular countries tend to be richer than religious ones. Finding out why involves ...

Secularisation could see volunteering fall due to the significant role faith plays in the social care system in Britain, a government advisor has warned. “We know about the statistics, in Britain and ...

À l’origine, la sécularisation était l’action qui faisait passer un bien ou une personne du domaine ecclésiastique au domaine laïc. Par extension, le mot exprime un phénomène de civilisation qui ...

We know that the Enemy of Mankind is in it for the long haul, but also that fortunately, God is in it for the longer haul. All human history should be seen in the light of this overarching Battle.

Scientists, intellectuals and social scientists expected that the spread of modern science would drive secularisation – that science would be a secularising force. But that simply hasn’t been the case ...

Peut-on encore dire quelque chose de novateur sur la sécularisation, la déchristianisation, la fin du religieux ? Après des milliers de travaux et des centaines de théorisations, cela semble délicat.