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To render Bruce’s paradigm valid for non-Protestant societies, dynamics related to the Protestant Reformation in Bruce’s paradigm were downplayed and those with more universal relevance such as scientific advancements, industrial capitalism and urbanization were highlighted. To illustrate the hypothesis developed in this thesis empirically, the proposed extended secularization paradigm based on scientific advancements, capitalism and urbanization has been applied to the Alevi communities in Turkey. There are two fundamental reasons behind this choice: 1) Turkey is not part of Europe or one of its offshoots, and has not experienced the Protestant Reformation in its history. 2) There are many publications which seem to suggest an Alevi revival in Turkey after 1980s. During the fieldwork, 28 core questions with regard to marriage were posed to a total of 30 pairs of persons in three cities (with each city having ten pairs) from two generations (parents and children) in semi-structured interviews to acquire insights into the generation gap with regard to faith and its impact on marital issues. To analyze large number of files, a qualitative data analysis software called MAXQDA has been used. In light of the extended version of Bruce’s paradigm and interviews, this thesis argues that Alevis in Turkey have become much more modern compared to past in almost every way and parallel to this process, the new generation of Alevis, in contrast to the previous generation, has led a more secular lifestyle on the subjects of marital issues. 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