Sociology, Religion and Secularization: An Orientation
Author(s)
Martin, David
Abstract
Secularization is rooted in sociological culture. Sociology has defined modernity as a frame wherein Man moved from a religious to a secular focus. Sociology has formed part of the development of secularization as it has reflected the independent study of Man in Society. The secularization paradigm shifted in the 1960s. The gist of secularization may ultimately be its disruption of monopolies and all dominant lay or religious structures and preventing religion and politics from dominating other fields of influence such as the arts, law, education, business and the state.
