Secularism Comes of Age

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Back in the 1960s the sociologist and theologian Peter L. Berger popularized what became known as Secularization Theory. Looking out at the religious landscape of Europe and North America at that time, evidence suggested two things: firstly, that education, science, and a social safety net led to a drop in religious observance: “secularization;” and, secondly, that introducing more and more pluralism and diversity into a given society reduced the…