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The abstract for the journal article ''The Future of Secularism: a Biologically Informed Theory Supplemented with Cross-Cultural Evidence'' indicates:

The abstract for the journal article ''The Future of Secularism: a Biologically Informed Theory Supplemented with Cross-Cultural Evidence'' indicates:

{{Cquote|For over a century, social scientists have predicted declines in religious beliefs and their replacement with more scientific/naturalistic outlooks, a prediction known as the secularization hypothesis. However, skepticism surrounding this hypothesis has been expressed by some researchers in recent decades. After reviewing the pertinent evidence and arguments, we examined some aspects of the secularization hypothesis from what is termed a biologically informed perspective. After reviewing the pertinent evidence and arguments, we examined some aspects of the [[secularization thesis|secularization hypothesis]] from what is termed a biologically informed perspective. Based on large samples of college students in [[Malaysia]] and the [[United States|USA]], religiosity, religious affiliation, and parental fertility were measured using self-reports. Three religiosity indicators were factor analyzed, resulting in an index for religiosity. Results reveal that average parental fertility varied considerably according to religious groups, with [[Islam|Muslims]] being the most religious and the most fertile and [[Judaism|Jews]] and [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] being the least. Within most religious groupings, religiosity was positively associated with parental fertility. While cross-sectional in nature, when our results are combined with evidence that both religiosity and fertility are substantially heritable traits, findings are consistent with view that earlier trends toward secularization ...are currently being counter-balanced by genetic and reproductive forces. ... secularism is likely to undergo a decline throughout the remainder of the twenty-first century, including [[Europe]] and other industrial societies.<ref>[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-017-0090-z ''The Future of Secularism: a Biologically Informed Theory Supplemented with Cross-Cultural Evidence''] by Lee Ellis, Anthony W. Hoskin, Edward Dutton and Helmuth Nyborg,''Evolutionary Psychological Science''  08 March 2017, pp 1–19</ref>}}

{{Cquote|For over a century, social scientists have predicted declines in religious beliefs and their replacement with more scientific/naturalistic outlooks, a prediction known as the secularization hypothesis. However, skepticism surrounding this hypothesis has been expressed by some researchers in recent decades. After reviewing the pertinent evidence and arguments, we examined some aspects of the secularization hypothesis from what is termed a biologically informed perspective. After reviewing the pertinent evidence and arguments, we examined some aspects of the [[secularization thesis|secularization hypothesis]] from what is termed a biologically informed perspective. Based on large samples of college students in [[Malaysia]] and the [[United States|USA]], religiosity, religious affiliation, and parental fertility were measured using self-reports. Three religiosity indicators were factor analyzed, resulting in an index for religiosity. Results reveal that average parental fertility varied considerably according to religious groups, with [[Islam|Muslims]] being the most religious and the most fertile and [[Judaism|Jews]] and [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] being the least. Within most religious groupings, religiosity was positively associated with parental fertility. While cross-sectional in nature, when our results are combined with evidence that both religiosity and fertility are substantially heritable traits, findings are consistent with view that earlier trends toward secularization ...are currently being counter-balanced by genetic and reproductive forces. ... secularism is likely to undergo a decline throughout the remainder of the twenty-first century, including [[Europe]] and other industrial societies.<ref>[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-017-0090-z ''The Future of Secularism: a Biologically Informed Theory Supplemented with Cross-Cultural Evidence''] by Lee Ellis, Anthony W. Hoskin, Edward Dutton and Helmuth Nyborg,''Evolutionary Psychological Science''  08 March 2017, pp 1–19</ref>}}

== New Atheism as a reaction to the failure of the secularization thesis ==

== New Atheism as a reaction to the failure of the secularization thesis ==