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→Desecularization and politics
''See also:'' [[Desecularization and politics]]
''See also:'' [[Desecularization and politics]]
[[Desecularization]] is the process by which [[religion]] reasserts its societal influence though religious values, institutions, sectors of society and symbols in reaction to previous and/or co-occurring [[secularization]] processes.<ref>''Religion and the State in Russia and China: Suppression, Survival and Revival'' by Christopher Marsh, 2011, page 11 (Christopher Marsh cites the definitions of desecularization given by Peter L. Berger and Vyacheslav Karpov)</ref>
Scholars of religious demographics frequently use the term the "global resurgence of religion" to describe the process of [[desecularization|global desecularization]] which began in the late portion of the 20th century.<ref>[http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/magazines/2005/november-december/the-return-of-religion The return of religion]</ref>
Due to the higher fertility of religious conservatives and religious immigration to the [[Western World]], the religious are expected to see a net gain in political power in the 21st century (see: [[Desecularization and politics]]).
Due to the higher fertility of religious conservatives and religious immigration to the [[Western World]], the religious are expected to see a net gain in political power in the 21st century (see: [[Desecularization and politics]]).