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Secularization and Religiosity, Distinguished
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Secularization is religious institutions losing social influence society-wide; religiosity is an individual's depth of belief or practice, two measures this course keeps separate.
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A society can secularize institutionally — fewer laws deferring to religious authority — while individual religiosity moves independently.
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Unaffiliation is an individual-level religiosity indicator often called secularization; secularization proper is institutional authority over law, education, and public life.