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Growth of global desecularization (view source)
Revision as of 09:31, April 9, 2016
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If Christian political backlash does not materialize to a significant degree due to recent secular leftist political victories, American secularism is still expected to stabilize in the 21st century before 2043 due to demographic forces such as religious/irreligious fertility rates and religious immigration (see: [[American atheism#Vegard Skirbekk and Anne Goujon religion/irreligion demographic projections|American rate of secularization stabilization in 21st century]]).
If Christian political backlash does not materialize to a significant degree due to recent secular leftist political victories, American secularism is still expected to stabilize in the 21st century before 2043 due to demographic forces such as religious/irreligious fertility rates and religious immigration (see: [[American atheism#Vegard Skirbekk and Anne Goujon religion/irreligion demographic projections|American rate of secularization stabilization in 21st century]]).
== New Atheism as a reaction to the American religious right ==
== Atheist anger over Christianity in America ==
''See also:'' [[Causes of the New Atheism movement]]
''See also:'' [[Causes of the New Atheism movement]]
New Atheists were especially angered by the dominance of the [[Religious right|Christian right]] in America (see: [[Causes of the New Atheism movement#New Atheism as a reaction to the religious right in the United States]]).
New Atheists were especially angered by the dominance of the [[Religious right|Christian right]] in America (see: [[Causes of the New Atheism movement#New Atheism as a reaction to the religious right in the United States]]).
''Newsbusters'' reported in 2009:
{{cquote|Newsweek tantalizingly proclaimed on its cover “The Decline and Fall of Christian America,” and Meacham's article was titled, “The End of Christian America,” (during Holy Week, no less) Meacham himself stated, “rumors of the death of Christianity are greatly exaggerated” and that “there is no doubt that the nation remains vibrantly religious – far more so, for instance than Europe."<ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/articles/hitchens-americas-enemy-most-godly-imaginable-group Hitchens: America's Enemy 'Most Godly Imaginable Group'], Newsbusters<ref>}}
== Christian revivals/awakenings and desecularization ==
== Christian revivals/awakenings and desecularization ==