Sociology / Unit 8 Soc 1350 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Secularization and Religiosity, Distinguished
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The idea
Secularization is religious institutions losing social influence society-wide; religiosity is an individual's depth of belief or practice, two measures this course keeps separate.
In practice
A society can secularize institutionally — fewer laws deferring to religious authority — while individual religiosity moves independently.
Where people slip
Unaffiliation is an individual-level religiosity indicator often called secularization; secularization proper is institutional authority over law, education, and public life.
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