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[Learnings @ Leadership Network] But the recent shifts end many decades in which religion has been widely dismissed under the assumption that as societies became more advanced, the role of religion will decline. Instead, according to the research project that analyzed 587 sociology journal articles on religion published between 1978 and 2007, most general sociological journals have been publishing a modestly growing number of articles about religion.

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