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→Desecularization and the 21st century
''See also:'' [[Desecularization]]
''See also:'' [[Desecularization]]
Atheists as a percentage of the world's population have declined since 1970 and [[global atheism]] is expected to face long term decline.<ref>Multiple references:
Atheists as a percentage of the world's population have declined since 1970 and [[global atheism]] is expected to face long term decline.<ref>Multiple references:
The 21st century is expected to be a time of the decline of atheism in terms of its global market share and religious conservatism/[[fundamentalism]] is expected to grow in both the developing world and [[Growth of evangelical Christianity#Evangelical Christianity and the developed world|in the developed world]] (see: [[Desecularization]]). There are a [[causes of desecularization|number of causes]] of desecularization in the developed world (and the world at large), but two of the primary causes are the [[Fertility rates and desecularization|higher fertility rate]] of religious conservatives and immigration of the religious into developed countries.
The 21st century is expected to be a time of the decline of atheism in terms of its global market share and religious conservatism/[[fundamentalism]] is expected to grow in both the developing world and [[Growth of evangelical Christianity#Evangelical Christianity and the developed world|in the developed world]] (see: [[Desecularization]]). There are a [[causes of desecularization|number of causes]] of desecularization in the developed world (and the world at large), but two of the primary causes are the [[Fertility rates and desecularization|higher fertility rate]] of religious conservatives and immigration of the religious into developed countries.
=== Failure of the secularization thesis ===
=== Failure of the secularization thesis ===