Religion and modernization in Europe

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The anthropological dimension of Max Weber's sociology of religion is largely neglected, although secular-religious forces play an important part in allowing us to understand the processes of modernization within Europe. The secularization of Europe in the modern age is often portrayed as a process of reason overcoming religion. However, the history of the modern age also has its own secular history of religion and secular-religious forces of faith: science as a secular force of faith; history as a secular history of salvation; and a political messianism.

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Religious institutions and the economics of religion

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The study of the economics of religion must encompass study of the nature of religious products, the motivation of religious actors and the rules governing the actors' behaviour. Religious products from part of a wider product, the 'religious experience', which covers the joint production and distribution of individual products as well as the joint consumption of the products. The main attributes of religious products are asymmetric information, nonexcludability and nonrivalry.

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Religion and modernization in Europe

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Religion played a major role in the modernization of Europe, while the processes of modernization also produced changes in European religion. The different approaches to the link between religion and modernity include Max Weber's theory of rationalization and the sociological approach to modernization which focuses on the functional and structural differentiation of society.

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