Taşkesen, Suat2023-02-152023-02-152022Taşkesen, S. (2022). Secularization In The Modern Societies: A Contribution To The Secularization Theory. In S. Özgür Işık (Ed.), Current Debates in Social, Humanities and Administrative Science (pp. 511-527). İzmir: Duvar Publishing.978-625-8109-81-8https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12695/2017Religion is one of the main instruments for understanding any social phenomena. As it is well known, Marx, Durkheim, and Weber are the main pillars of the core of the classical sociological tradition. Although their perspectives and contributions differed in regard to the sociology of religion, each of them considered the subject associated with the advent of modernity. In this sense, they handled the relations between religion and society in the context of modernity, which is dependent on the foundations of rationalism by which construction of rational society consisting of rational individuals is enabled. Since Marx was one of the earlier contributors in this matter, it might be appropriate to start reviewing Marx’s ideas on the concept of the sociology of religion.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess[Keywords Not Available]Book Chapter511526