The Iranian Revolution also challenged a deeply rooted modern assumption about revolutions themselves. Since the nineteenth century, revolutions have often been interpreted as steps in a broader march ...

The idea of secularization is fundamental to contemporary debates over the sociology of religion. As sociologist Steve Bruce puts the issue succinctly, “The basic proposition is that modernization ...

Last year, a new survey from Britain revealed that in the last decade, the percentage of British adults who have no religious faith has risen from 43 percent to 52 percent; additionally, while 10 ...