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Secular Symbolism

Secular Symbolism is a systematic framework within visual culture studies that employs non-religious signs, images, or artifacts to convey shared societal values, ideologies, or collective identities, distinguishing itself from religious or sacred iconography by its grounding in mundane, temporal, and often civic or political meanings.

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508

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16

Authors

7

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2017–2026

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Publications

12

New Age Spiritualities as Secular Religion: a Historian's Perspective

Wouter J. Hanegraaff · Social Compass · 1999 · 128 citations

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Secular Symbolism: Studies of Ritual, Ceremony, and the Symbolic Order in Modern Life

Joseph R. Gusfield, J Michalowicz · Annual Review of Sociology · 1984 · 106 citations

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The Mode and Meaning of 'Beowulf'

Tom Shippey, MARGARET E. GOLDSMITH · The Modern Language Review · 1971 · 59 citations

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From Spiritual Descriptions to Legal Prescriptions: Religious Imagery of Woman as "Fetal Container" in the Law

Lucinda Peach · Journal of Law and Religion · 1993 · 38 citations

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The Secularization of Religion and Television Commercials

Brendan Maguire, Georgie Ann Weatherby · Sociology of Religion · 1998 · 33 citations

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Authors

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  1. JM
    J Michalowicz

    1 publications · 106 citations

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  2. BM
    Brendan Maguire

    Western Illinois University, United States

    1 publications · 33 citations

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  3. MV
    Mariëtta van der Tol

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  4. LP
    Lucinda Peach

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  5. AD
    André Droogers

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    1 publications · 20 citations

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Institutions

7

  1. Gonzaga University

    Spokane, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  3. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  4. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  6. Western Illinois University

    Macomb, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  7. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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Venues

  1. Annual Review of Sociology

    2 publications · 121 citations

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  2. Journal for Islamic Studies

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  3. Social Compass

    1 publications · 128 citations

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  4. Anthropology Today

    AT · 1 publications · 22 citations

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  5. Journal of Holistic Nursing

    1 publications · 14 citations

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