Secularized or non-secularized science

A comparative survey of high school students’ perspectives across 18 countries

Bibliographic Data

ID9944555
AuthorsJosé-Luis Wolfs (0000-0003-4947-6512, Université Libre de Bruxelles), Tremblay (0000-0002-7705-4475, Université du Québec à Montréal), Cansu Altepe (0000-0003-2076-9506, Université Libre de Bruxelles, corresponding author), Coralie Delhaye (0000-0001-5215-6689, Université Libre de Bruxelles), Laure Tisseyre (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Year2026
Publication date2026-02-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Comparative Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7152 • E-ISSN: 1568-5187
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00207152261417229
OpenAlexW7130313711
LanguageEN
References cited24

This article has four objectives: (1) to present an indicator, based on a validated test, that determines the extent to which individuals hold secularized or non-secularized conceptions of science, (2) to present the results of a survey carried out, using this indicator, among senior high school students from 18 countries and of different convictions (Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox Christians, Muslim and agnostic-atheist), with the aim of determining whether they have a secularized or non-secularized conception of science (= dependent variable), (3) to account for the results obtained using several variables, both individual (relating to students’ personal religious beliefs) and contextual (the degree of existential security and religiosity in the country), (4) to propose a more general reflection on the indicators of secularization used in this research

Existentialism · Islam · Ontological security · Religiosity · Secularization · Sociology of religion · Evolution and Science Education · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Education and Schools

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