Pippa Norris

"This book develops a theory of secularization and existential security, demonstrating that the publics of virtually all advanced industrial societies have been moving toward more secular orientations during the past fifty years, but also that the world as a whole now has more people with traditional religious views than ever before"--Provided by publisher. "Seminal nineteenth-century thinkers predicted that religion would gradually fade in importance...

"The intellectual foundations for this study build upon a collaborative partnership developed over many years, producing a series of earlier books jointly written by the authors for Cambridge University Press which have compared gender equality in politics, political communications, and religion around the world. Pippa Norris's research for this book has been generously supported by the research award of the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate...