Patterns of Secularization

Church, State and Nation in Greece and the Republic of Ireland

• Author(s): Daphne Halikiopoulou,
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
• Pages: 190
• ISBN_10: 1409403459
  ISBN_13: 9781409403456
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Sociology of Religion , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism ,

Description:... Drawing on David Martin's 'Cultural Defence Paradigm', this study highlights the limits of interpretations and identifies variations within the cultural defence paradigm resulting in the emergence of two patterns of secularization based on an interpretation that takes into account the dynamics of national identity formation.