Jörg Stolz is
Professor ordinarius at the University of Lausanne since 2002 where he holds the chair of sociology of religions.[2] He was President of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion between 2016 and 2018.[3]
His work on secularization mainly focuses on the religious-secular competition and Church disaffiliations. His work has been discussed in local newspapers[4][5][6] and by other scholars.[7][8] He also investigates evangelicalism [9] and religiosity. He is the author and co-author of different peer-reviewed papers, chapters, and books [10]
Main works
Stolz, J., Könemann, J., Schneuwly Purdie, M., Englberger, T. and Krüggeler, M. (2016). (Un)Believing in modern society. Religion, spirituality, and religious-secular competition. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-54877-0
Stolz, J., Favre, O., Gachet, C. and Buchard, E. (2014). Phänomen Freikirchen. Analysen eines wettbewerbsstarken Milieus. Zürich: TVZ. ISBN 978-3-290-22025-9
Stolz, J. and Ballif, E. (2010). Die Zukunft der Reformierten. Gesellschaftliche Megatrends - kirchliche Reaktionen. Zürich: TVZ. ISBN 978-3-290-17556-6
Baumann, M. and Stolz, J. (2007). Eine Schweiz - viele Religionen. Risiken und Chancen des Zusammenlebens. Bielefeld: Transcript. ISBN 978-3-8394-0524-6