Irenaeus, Siteadmin, Check users, oversight, Administrators
351,956
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 300:
Line 300: − − === Desecularization and politics === − − ''See also:'' [[Desecularization and politics]] − − [[Desecularization]] is the process by which [[religion]] reasserts its societal influence though religious values, institutions, sectors of society and symbols in reaction to previous and/or co-occurring [[secularization]] processes.<ref name="China 2011, page 11">''Religion and the State in Russia and China: Suppression, Survival and Revival'' by Christopher Marsh, 2011, page 11 (Christopher Marsh cites the definitions of desecularization given by Peter L. Berger and Vyacheslav Karpov)</ref> − − 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> − − Due to the higher fertility of religious conservatives and religious immigration to the Western World, the religious are expected to see a net gain in political power in the 21st century and this may cause a rise in [[social conservatism]] within various societies over time (see: [[Desecularization and politics]]).
→Desecularization and politics
*[[Atheist organizations]]
*[[Atheist organizations]]
== Atheism and history ==
== Atheism and history ==