2. Does Secularization Lead to Moral Decline?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Foreword xi
4. Introduction: Secularization and Intellectual Honesty 1
5. 1. Does Modernization Lead to Secularization? 9
6. 2. Does Secularization Lead to Moral Decline? 22
7. 3. Waves of Secularization 37
8. 4. Modernization as a Culturally Protestant Metanarrative 50
9. 5. The Age of Contingency 63
10. 6. Increased Options as a Danger? 78
11. 7. Religious Diversity and the Pluralist Society 92
12. 8. Religion and Violence 102
13. 9. The Future of Christianity 116
14. 10. Intellectual Challenges for Contemporary Christianity 126
15. Conclusion: Is Christianity Leaving Europe Behind? 139
16. Notes 145
17. Bibliography 161
18. Acknowledgments of Prior Publication 173
19. Index 175
20. Cultural Memory in the Present 185