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The term modernization usually refers to mutually reinforcing structural changes in various social sectors: nation building and democratization in the political sector; industrialization and tertiarization (i.e. the development of services) in the economic sector; urbanization, educational ex…
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Pollack, Detlef,
Ludwig, Frieder,
Münch, Richard,
Gräb, Wilhelm and
Hock, Klaus,
“Modernization”, in:
Religion Past and Present.
Consulted online on 23 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_14310>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013