International Workshop
Religions, secularizations and modernities

10 - 11 December 2014
Room A, h. 14.30-18.00
Graduate School in Social and Political Sciences
Via Pace, 10 - Milan

The international workshop is part of the activities of the Ph.D. Programme in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research (SOMET). 

It is organized in two sessions:

FIRST SESSION
Wednesday 10th December 2014, 14.30-18.00 (ROOM A)

Patterns of religion and secularization

Chair: Marco Maraffi (University of Milan)

Speakers

José Casanova (Georgetown University, Washington)
The Two European Roads to the modern Secular World: European Secularization and Global Religious Pluralism

Jörg Stolz (Université de Lausanne)
(Un-)believing in modern society. Religion, spirituality and religious-secular competition

Discussants

Enzo Colombo (University of Milan)

Maurizio Pisati (University of Milan-Bicocca)

SECOND SESSION
Thursday 11 December 2014, 14.30-18.00 (ROOM A)

Religious change in Europe

Chair: Mauro Barisione (University of Milan)

Speakers

Ferruccio Biolcati-Rinaldi (University of Milan) and Cristiano Vezzoni (University of Trento)
Church attendance and religious change in Europe (1970-2011). Theoretical debate, methodological issues and empirical results

Malina Voicu (Gesis, Cologne)
Secularization or Religious Revival in Romania? An Age-Period-Cohort approach

Malcolm Fairbrother (University of Bristol)
The Political Economy of Religiosity: Contrasting Longitudinal and Instrumental Variables Analyses

Markus Quandt (Gesis, Cologne)
The Role of Religiosity for European Identities

Discussants

Gabriele Ballarino (University of Milan)

Roberto Impicciatore (University of Milan)

Nazareno Panichella (University of Milan)

Paolo Segatti (University of Milan)

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