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When one considers the results of social scientific surveys, secularisation in Germany seems to be a more or less linear process of erosion of what is traditionally named religiosity. The percentage of citizens who affirm that they are “religious”, believe in God or otherworldly beings, hope for life after death or participate regularly in the praxis of a religious community has been – by and large – steadily declining for decades. This decline has occurred over the succeeding generations: The younger the generation, the fewer “religious” people in it. But the process of secularisation is apparent not only in this persistent quantitative shrinkage from generation to generation. Above all it also manifests itself – this is the thesis of the article – in the transformation of the habitus formations and contents of faith of the generations. The essence of ongoing secularisation naturally is reflected most clearly in its contemporary state of development which is represented in the youngest adult generation. Therefore the analysis of this generation is particularly interesting for the sociology of religion. But the article does not confine to analyze this generation. After indicating some basic premises of the sociology of generations and the notion of secularisation presupposed in this paper, the succession of generations in Germany is outlined hypothetically, from the so-called generation of ´68 to the youngest adult generation, concluding with some remarks about the progress of secularisation.
Der Autor beschäftigt sich in diesem Aufsatz aus religionssoziologischer Perspektive mit der Frage, ob die herkömmliche Leistungsethik in den entwickelten Industrienationen zum Haupthindernis eines prosperierenden und gerechten Kapitalismus geworden ist. Vor dem Hintergrund der Skizze einer Krisendiagnose vom "Ende der Erwerbsarbeitsethik als Normalmodell" wird zu bestimmen versucht, was diese Krise insbesondere für die Lebensführung bedeutet und welche religionssoziologisch relevanten Fragen durch sie aufgeworfen werden. Es wird schließlich unter Rekurs auf die skizzierte Krise die erweiterte Version einer Weberianschen Säkularisierungstheorie entworfen, die sich nicht zuletzt durch die krisenhafte Entwicklung theoretisch aufdränge.