Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL140100053

Funded Activity Summary

Science and secularisation. Science and secularisation. This project will explore the growth of science in the West and how it relates to a decline in the influence of religion. Specifically, it will investigate whether science has been a major cause of secularisation, and whether the pattern of scientific advance and corresponding religious decline observed in most Western countries is a universal one. This project aims to address a major unresolved issue concerning the relations between religion, science and modernisation. It also aims to shed light on a crucial issue for global security, namely, whether modernisation leads inexorably to secular, liberal democratic states, or whether new forms of technologically advanced, yet intrinsically religious states are possible.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-12-2014

End Date: 31-12-2021

Funding Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships

Funding Amount: $2,629,658.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | History and Philosophy of Science (incl. Non-historical Philosophy of Science) | Religion and Society | History of Ideas

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Religion and Society | Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | History and Philosophy of Science (incl. Non-historical Philosophy of Science) | History of Ideas | Religion and Society

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