The Secularization Thesis Debate
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Weber and Marx anticipated modernization would reduce religion's social influence; Durkheim instead expected only the sacred's form to change, not religion's force to fade.
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One position cites rising shares of unaffiliated adults; the other cites the U.S. remaining comparatively religious among industrialized nations.
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