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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > global studies > global governance and world order > global religion > religion in public life > public and private religion
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public and private religion  

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  • The classic dichotomy between public and private religion is at the heart of numerous attempts to analyze and locate religion, even if often only one element is included in the analysis, such as exploring public religion-state relations or analyzing the links between private religion and altruism. Modern societies are committed to the increasing independence of social systems (societal differentiation), one example of which is the privatization of religion, or religious individualism. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Public and Private Religion]

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