at Google ScholarTitle data
Schröder, Stefan:
Humanist Organizations and Secularization in Germany.
In: Religion and Society in Central and Eastern Europe.
Vol. 10
(2017)
Issue 1
.
- pp. 21-34.
ISSN 1553-9962
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20413/rascee.2017.10.1.21-34
Abstract in another language
Among social scientists, humanist and freethinker organizations are often described as secularizing agents within society with a critical and confrontational relation to religions. This article provides a re-evaluation of this theory with respect to a contemporary example of German freigeistig organizations, the German Humanist Association (Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands [HVD]). Through being incorporated into German religio-political arrangements, the author argues, the HVD rather imitates religion, thereby unfolding secularization-opposing effects. Drawing on a grounded theory-based analysis of found data as well as interviews and participant observations, and with reference to the comparative frameworks regarding ‘multiple secularities’ (Burchardt/Wohlrab-Sahr) or ‘different modes of nonreligion’ (Quack), the article concludes by distinguishing two different types of freigeistig organizations in contemporary Germany, only one of which can by described as a secularizing agent.
Further data
| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Keywords: | Freethought; Humanism; Nonreligion; Religion and Politics; Secularization |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Chair Study of Religion with an emphasis on contemporary culture Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 200 Religion |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2018 08:16 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2018 08:16 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/44578 |