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Needless to say, the religious contents of the Islamic and Evangelical revivals are totally different. So are the social and political conscquences (of which I will say more later). But the two developments also differ in another very important respect: The Islamic movement is occurring primarily in countries that are already Muslim or among Muslim emigrants (as in Europe), while the Evangelical movement is growing dramatically throughout the world in countries where this type of religion was previously unknown or very marginal.<ref>''The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics'' by Peter L. Berger, Page 9</ref>}}
 
Needless to say, the religious contents of the Islamic and Evangelical revivals are totally different. So are the social and political conscquences (of which I will say more later). But the two developments also differ in another very important respect: The Islamic movement is occurring primarily in countries that are already Muslim or among Muslim emigrants (as in Europe), while the Evangelical movement is growing dramatically throughout the world in countries where this type of religion was previously unknown or very marginal.<ref>''The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics'' by Peter L. Berger, Page 9</ref>}}
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== Evangelical Christianity is growing in secular Europe and atheistic China which are the two principal stronghold of atheism ==
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== Evangelical Christianity is growing in secular Europe and atheistic China which are the two principal strongholds of atheism ==
 
[[File:Europe map CIA 2005.jpg|thumbnail|right|175px|In the Europe of tomorrow, immigration and religious fertility will increase the proportion of committed Christians in Europe, many from the developing world.<ref>Kaufmann, Eric. (2009 or aft.). [http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf "Shall the religious inherit the earth?: demography and politics in the twenty-first century"].  www.sneps.net.  Paper similar to book ''Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?  Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century''.  Publ. in unknown publication. ("Most observers accept that the aftermath...") Retrieved July 27, 2014.  See [[Eric Kaufmann]].</ref> See: [[Secular Europe|Desecularization of Europe]] ]]
 
[[File:Europe map CIA 2005.jpg|thumbnail|right|175px|In the Europe of tomorrow, immigration and religious fertility will increase the proportion of committed Christians in Europe, many from the developing world.<ref>Kaufmann, Eric. (2009 or aft.). [http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/1-Shall%20the%20Religious%20Inherit%20the%20Earth.pdf "Shall the religious inherit the earth?: demography and politics in the twenty-first century"].  www.sneps.net.  Paper similar to book ''Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?  Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century''.  Publ. in unknown publication. ("Most observers accept that the aftermath...") Retrieved July 27, 2014.  See [[Eric Kaufmann]].</ref> See: [[Secular Europe|Desecularization of Europe]] ]]
 
The current [[Atheist Population|atheist population]] mostly resides in East Asia (particularly [[China]]) and in [[secular Europe]]/Australia among whites.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey, ''Washington Post'', May 23, 2013</ref> See: [[Western atheism and race]]
 
The current [[Atheist Population|atheist population]] mostly resides in East Asia (particularly [[China]]) and in [[secular Europe]]/Australia among whites.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey, ''Washington Post'', May 23, 2013</ref> See: [[Western atheism and race]]
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