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== Causes of the global resurgence of religion and the failure of secularism ==
 
== Causes of the global resurgence of religion and the failure of secularism ==
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Citing the work of the French researcher Gilles Kepel who wrote the book ''The Revenge of God'' and the work Harvard University's political scientist Samuel Huntington who authored the work ''The Clash of Civilizations'', the Christian ministry Tomorrow's World declared:
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Citing the work of the French researcher Gilles Kepel who wrote the book ''The Revenge of God'' and the work of Harvard University political scientist Samuel Huntington, who authored the work ''The Clash of Civilizations'', the Christian ministry Tomorrow's World declared:
 
{{cquote|Growing numbers of people around the globe are becoming disenchanted with the effect of secularism on our modern world—the fragmentation of society, the weakening of social cohesion, the absence of noble ideals worth pursuing, the lack of solid values, the social acceptance of what was formerly considered perversion, the spread of crime and the lack of effective punishment, the emptiness of consumerism and materialism, the breakdown of the "welfare state," the failure of [[communism]], the chaos in schools and the breakdown of families (Kepel, p. 5).
 
{{cquote|Growing numbers of people around the globe are becoming disenchanted with the effect of secularism on our modern world—the fragmentation of society, the weakening of social cohesion, the absence of noble ideals worth pursuing, the lack of solid values, the social acceptance of what was formerly considered perversion, the spread of crime and the lack of effective punishment, the emptiness of consumerism and materialism, the breakdown of the "welfare state," the failure of [[communism]], the chaos in schools and the breakdown of families (Kepel, p. 5).
  
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