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Line 271: − − == Postsecularism == − − [[Postsecularism]] refers to a number of theories concerning the persistence or resurgence of religious beliefs or practices in the present. − − The ''Science Recorder'' declared in 2015: − {{cquote|Science and religion are often presented as opposing world views, but a recent study in the American Sociological Review published Jan. 29, suggests that for some Americans, this binary construction (i.e. science vs. religion) is a false dichotomy. − − Authors Timothy O’Brien, an assistant professor at the University of Evansville and co-author Shiri Noy, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wyoming, call these Americans the “Post-Seculars,” and were surprised to find that one in five Americans belongs to this group, a sizable number given that most of these individuals have gone “unnoticed before in endless rounds of debates pitting” science against religion. − − According to O’Brien, “[The Post-Seculars] are pretty knowledgeable and appreciative about science and technology but…are also very religions and reject certain scientific theories.”<ref>[http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/study-discusses-emerging-trend-in-science-versus-religion-debate-post-secularism/ Study discusses emerging trend in science-versus-religion debate: Post-Secularism] by Chiamaka Nwakeze | Science Recorder | January 30, 2015</ref>}} − − For more information, please see: [[List of atheist and agnostic pseudosciences]]
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Evangelical Christianity has grown quickly in many countries that were experiencing economic and political instability (for example, in several areas of [[Latin America]]).<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/05/economics-and-darwinismatheism.html Economics adn Darwinism]</ref> Given the [[Eurozone Crisis]] and the high indebtedness of many Western countries, [[conservative]] Mary Eberstadt believes that a coming imploding [[welfare state]] could cause some Western societies to shift more to a focus of faith and family and spark a religious revival.<ref>[http://www.rightwingnews.com/interviews/an-interview-with-mary-eberstadt-on-her-new-book-how-the-west-really-lost-god-a-new-theory-of-secularization/ An Interview With Mary Eberstadt On Her New Book “How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization”], interview by [[John Hawkins]].</ref>
Evangelical Christianity has grown quickly in many countries that were experiencing economic and political instability (for example, in several areas of [[Latin America]]).<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/05/economics-and-darwinismatheism.html Economics adn Darwinism]</ref> Given the [[Eurozone Crisis]] and the high indebtedness of many Western countries, [[conservative]] Mary Eberstadt believes that a coming imploding [[welfare state]] could cause some Western societies to shift more to a focus of faith and family and spark a religious revival.<ref>[http://www.rightwingnews.com/interviews/an-interview-with-mary-eberstadt-on-her-new-book-how-the-west-really-lost-god-a-new-theory-of-secularization/ An Interview With Mary Eberstadt On Her New Book “How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization”], interview by [[John Hawkins]].</ref>
== Failure of the secularization thesis ==
== Failure of the secularization thesis ==