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is the institutional conglomerate of certain irrational beliefs.These are assumed to result from the confrontation of individualsand societies with a cognitively not yet manageable reality0 positivism

1ominarea seculariz2rii: secularization is typically regarded as a process of religiouspathology to be measured by the shrinking reach of the

churches. 3ince the institutional vacuum is not being filled by a counter0church—which was still envisaged by 4omte—one readily concludes that modern society is nonreligious.

The assumption that church and religion are identical isaccompanied by certain ideas about individual religiosity. Thelatter is typically taken as being based upon psychological"needs55 which are decisively structured by the specialized religiousinstitutions—to wit, the church—and "satisfied55 by them.

The "sub/ective dimension of religiosity is usually identified with religious opinions or attitudes. 4onse uently, standardtechni ues of opinion research are used in the study of religiosity

without much doubt as to their ade uacy. In a few instancestechnically more advanced techni ues of attitude research have been used but, especially in $urope, the ma/ority of empiricalstudies in the recent sociology of religion were less than sophisticatedin their research methodology.

)hat are the conditions under which "transcendent,superordinated and "integrating structures of meaning are socially ob/ectivated6