Why God Has Left the Netherlands: Explanations for the Decline of Institutional Christianity in the Netherlands Between 1966 and 2015

Why has the Netherlands witnessed such a strong process of secularization? This article examines this process very extensively. Based on modernization theory, it follows several social cultural developments in Dutch society over the last 50 years and distinguishes between effects on the individual l...

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Authors: Kregting, Joris (Author) ; Hermans, C. A. M. 1955- (Author) ; Scheepers, Peer 1958- (Author) ; Vermeer, Paul 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 58-79
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Netherlands / Church / Secularism / History 1966-2015
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
CH Christianity and Society
KBD Benelux countries
Further subjects:B The Netherlands
B Modernization theory
B Secularization
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