Images of the Sacred: An Empirical Study
One way to deal with the process of secularization empirically is to compare indicators of the influence of religion over time. It is hypothesized that there is a historical trend for a decrease in the influence of religion. Data are presented from paintings in the collection of the Metropolitan Mus...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1989
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1989, Volume: 49, Issue: 4, Pages: 440-444 |
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| Summary: | One way to deal with the process of secularization empirically is to compare indicators of the influence of religion over time. It is hypothesized that there is a historical trend for a decrease in the influence of religion. Data are presented from paintings in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. The data show a steady decrease in religious themes in paintings from the 14th to the 20th centuries. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3711229 |