The Impact of Modernity Components on the Dimensions of Secularization of Graduate Students of Yazd University

Secularization has caused the role of religion and its functions in the social and individual context to collapse. Modernity and its components (globalization, individualism, scientism) intensified the process of secularization. This research investigated the effect of modernity components on the dimensions of secularization of graduate students of Yazd University. The variables were measured using a researcher-made questionnaire and a stratified sampling process was used for sampling. The results indicate a direct and significant relationship between the components of modernity (individualism, globalization, and scientism) and the students’ secularization (P <0.001). The structural equation model shows that the effect of the components of modernity on the secularization of students is 0.47, which indicates the direct relationship between these two variables. In general, the research findings show that modernity and its components have played a key role in expanding the secularization process in a way that it is easier for young people and students to embrace the elements of secularization and management due to generational changes.