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== World interest in atheism has declined since 2000 ==

== World interest in atheism has declined since 2000 ==

See also: [[Desecularization]] and [[Acceleration of global desecularization]] and [[Global atheism|Decline of global atheism]]

See also: [[Desecularization]] and [[Growth of global desecularization]] and [[Global atheism|Decline of global atheism]]

[[File:Earth seen from space.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|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> See: [[Desecularization]] ]]

[[File:Earth seen from space.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|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> See: [[Desecularization]] ]]

Currently, [[global atheism]] is shrinking and demographic research indicates that the shrinking of global atheism will accelerate and affect Western atheism (see: [[Decline of atheism]] and [[Acceleration of global desecularization]]).<ref>[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 by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London]

Currently, [[global atheism]] is shrinking and demographic research indicates that the shrinking of global atheism will accelerate and affect Western atheism (see: [[Decline of atheism]] and [[Acceleration of global desecularization]]).<ref>[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 by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London]