desecularize

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ secularize.

Verb

desecularize (third-person singular simple present desecularizes, present participle desecularizing, simple past and past participle desecularized)

1. (transitive) To make no longer secular; to bring into the sphere of religion.
   • 1993, Thomas R. Flynn, Dalia Judovitz, Dialectic and Narrative, page 127:

     Is Heidegger's theory of the forgetting of Being then an attempt to desecularize the world? And is his interpretation of Dasein to be read as a venture toward reestablishing the grounds for belief?

Synonyms

• unsecularize