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[[File: Blue Marble.jpg|right|200px|thumbnail|[[Atheism]] is in [[Global atheism|decline worldwide]], with the number of atheists falling from 4.5% of the world's population in 1970 to 2.0% in 2010 and projected to drop to 1.8% by 2020.<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/global-study-atheists-decline-only-18-world-population-2020 Global Study: Atheists in Decline, Only 1.8% of World Population by 2020]</ref>]]

[[File:Blue Marble.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Atheism is in decline worldwide in terms of number of atheists and the percentage of atheists in world.<ref>

*[https://www.gordonconwell.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2025/01/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2025.pdf Status of Global Atheism/Christianity, 2025, in the Context of 1900–2050] (831,000 less atheists in the world than a year ago.

*[https://gordonconwell.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2019/04/StatusofGlobalChristianity20191.pdf Status of Global Atheism/Christianity/other religions, 2019, in the Context of 1900–2050]</ref>  

See: [[Global atheism statistics]] ]]

[[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>''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> Desecularization can also occur through [[Divine Providence|providential]] acts of [[God]] and in reaction to God granting [[Christian]]'s prayers.<ref>

[[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>''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> Desecularization can also occur through [[Divine Providence|providential]] acts of [[God]] and in reaction to God granting [[Christian]]'s prayers.<ref>

*[http://www.jesus.org.uk/blog/radical-christian-history/miracles-seen-china-revival Miracles seen in China revival Published on 20th January 2008]

*[http://www.jesus.org.uk/blog/radical-christian-history/miracles-seen-china-revival Miracles seen in China revival Published on 20th January 2008]

*[http://www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/china%20cry.html China Cry: A True Story (1990)]</ref>  

*[http://www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/china%20cry.html China Cry: A True Story (1990)]</ref>  

[[Atheism]] is in [[Global atheism|decline worldwide]], with the number of atheists falling from 4.5% of the world's population in 1970 to 2.0% in 2010 and projected to drop to 1.8% by 2020.<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/global-study-atheists-decline-only-18-world-population-2020 Global Study: Atheists in Decline, Only 1.8% of World Population by 2020]</ref>

[[Atheism]] is in [[Global atheism|decline worldwide]] in terms of its global market share, with the number of atheists falling from 4.5% of the world's population in 1970 to 2.0% in 2010 and projected to drop to 1.8% by 2020.<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/global-study-atheists-decline-only-18-world-population-2020 Global Study: Atheists in Decline, Only 1.8% of World Population by 2020]</ref> See: [[Global atheism statistics]]

On December 23, 2012, Professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] who teaches at Birbeck College, University of London wrote: "I argue that 97% of the world's population growth is taking place in the developing world, where 95% of people are religious.<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/eric-kaufmann/london-a-rising-island-of-religion_b_2336699.html London: A Rising Island of Religion in a Secular Sea] by Eric Kaufmann, ''Huffington Post'', 2012</ref><ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/04/97-of-worlds-population-growth-is.html 97% of the world's population growth is taking place in the developing world, where 95% of people are religious], Tuesday, April 30, 2013</ref>

On December 23, 2012, Professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] who teaches at Birbeck College, University of London wrote: "I argue that 97% of the world's population growth is taking place in the developing world, where 95% of people are religious.<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/eric-kaufmann/london-a-rising-island-of-religion_b_2336699.html London: A Rising Island of Religion in a Secular Sea] by Eric Kaufmann, ''Huffington Post'', 2012</ref><ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/04/97-of-worlds-population-growth-is.html 97% of the world's population growth is taking place in the developing world, where 95% of people are religious], Tuesday, April 30, 2013</ref>

== Weakening of state atheism ==

== Weakening of state atheism ==

According to the [[University of Cambridge]], historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] to power."<ref name="Marxism-Leninism">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728215151/http://www.investigatingatheism.info/marxism.html|title=Investigating atheism: Marxism|publisher = [[University of Cambridge]]|quote=The most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power. For the first time in history, atheism thus became the official ideology of a state.|year=2008|accessdate=July 17, 2014}}</ref>  

According to the [[University of Cambridge]], historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] to power."<ref name="Marxism-Leninism">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728215151/http://www.investigatingatheism.info/marxism.html|title=Investigating atheism: Marxism|publisher = [[University of Cambridge]]|quote=The most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power. For the first time in history, atheism thus became the official ideology of a state.|year=2008|accessdate=July 17, 2014}}</ref>  

== Fertility rates of religious vs. irreligious ==

== Fertility rates of religious vs. irreligious ==

The higher rate of fertility rate of religious conservatives and the sub-replacement fertility rate of the irreligious and [[liberal Christianity]] is another source of desecularization (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]).

The higher rate of fertility rate of religious conservatives and the sub-replacement fertility rate of the irreligious and [[liberal Christianity]] is another source of desecularization (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]).

''See also:'' [[Atheism and women]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and women]]

Surveys throughout the world and other data indicate that women are less inclined to be atheists.<ref>Khan, Razib (November 18, 2010).  [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/11/sex-differences-in-global-atheism-part-n/ "Gene expression; Sex differences in global atheism, part N"].  Discover magazine website.

Surveys throughout the world and other data indicate that women are less inclined to be atheists.<ref>Khan, Razib (November 18, 2010).  [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/11/sex-differences-in-global-atheism-part-n/ "Gene expression; Sex differences in global atheism, part N"].  Discover magazine website.

*[http://blog.oup.com/2014/09/atheism-feminism/#sthash.0yIBbelF.dpuf Atheism and Feminism], ''Oxford University Press'' blog</ref>

*[http://blog.oup.com/2014/09/atheism-feminism/#sthash.0yIBbelF.dpuf Atheism and Feminism], ''Oxford University Press'' blog</ref>

<ref name="PZ">Myers, P.Z. (June 29, 2010).  [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/06/29/the-woman-problem/ "The woman problem"]. Pharyngula [blog].</ref>  

<ref name="PZ">Myers, P.Z. (June 29, 2010).  [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/06/29/the-woman-problem/ "The woman problem"]. Pharyngula [blog].</ref>  

 

In 2016, Atheist Alliance International (AAI) conducted an annually reoccurring atheist census project and found:  

In 2016, Atheist Alliance International (AAI) conducted an annually reoccurring atheist census project and found:  

{{Cquote|At the time of writing, the Atheist Census Project recorded that on average worldwide 73.2% of respondents were male. The result is consistent with other research... As such, the focus of many scholarly papers has been on seeking to explain this persistent observation."<ref>[https://www.atheistalliance.org/about-aai/position-statements/1206-aai-position-statement-gender-balance.html AAI Position Statement - Gender Balance]</ref>}}  

{{Cquote|At the time of writing, the Atheist Census Project recorded that on average worldwide 73.2% of respondents were male. The result is consistent with other research... As such, the focus of many scholarly papers has been on seeking to explain this persistent observation."<ref>[https://www.atheistalliance.org/about-aai/position-statements/1206-aai-position-statement-gender-balance.html AAI Position Statement - Gender Balance]</ref>}}  

(See also: [[European desecularization in the 21st century]] and [[United States, irreligion vs. religion and demographics]] and [[American atheism]] and [[British atheism]] and [[Irreligion in Australia]] and [[Postsecularism and New Zealand in the 21st century]] and [[Canada and irreligion]])

(See also: [[European desecularization in the 21st century]] and [[United States, irreligion vs. religion and demographics]] and [[American atheism]] and [[British atheism]] and [[Irreligion in Australia]] and [[Postsecularism and New Zealand in the 21st century]] and [[Canada and irreligion]])

== Religious evangelism and atheist apathy ==

== Religious evangelism and atheist apathy ==

[[Evangelical Christians]] are often zealous when it comes to evangelism and evangelical Christianity has seen rapid growth in the world (see: [[Growth of evangelical Christianity]]).

[[Evangelical Christians]] are often zealous when it comes to evangelism and evangelical Christianity has seen rapid growth in the world (see: [[Growth of evangelical Christianity]]).

== Unappealing nature of atheism ==

== Unappealing nature of atheism ==

*[[Unattractiveness of atheism]]

*[[Unattractiveness of atheism]]

*[[Atheism and inspiration]]

*[[Atheism and inspiration]]

== Religion and migration ==

== Religion and migration ==

''See also:'' [[Religion and migration]]

''See also:'' [[Religion and migration]]

According to British anthropologist Edward Dutton, religious people are more likely to migrate (there are various reasons postulated, but remains unclear why this is so).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgKx2lS6lRU Why Are Americans So Religious?]</ref>  

According to Dutton, this partly explains why the British people who left Britain and migrated to America in the colonial period were more religious.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgKx2lS6lRU Why Are Americans So Religious?]</ref>  

This partly explains why the British people who left Britain and migrated to America in the colonial period were more religious.

Currently, there are many evangelical Christians and Muslims moving to secular regions (See: [[Growth of evangelical Christianity in irreligious regions]]).

Currently, there are many evangelical Christians and Muslims moving to secular regions (See: [[Growth of evangelical Christianity in irreligious regions]]).

 

Faith on the Move, a new study by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, focuses on the religious affiliation of international migrants, examining patterns of migration among seven major groups: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, adherents of other religions and the religiously unaffiliated.

 

 

Muslims make up the second-largest share of people who have migrated across borders – almost 60 million, or 27% Hindus (nearly 11 million) account for 5%) and Buddhists (about 7 million) account for 3%.<ref>[https://www.pewforum.org/2012/03/08/religious-migration-exec/ Faith on the Move – The Religious Affiliation of International Migrants], Pew Forum</ref>}}

== Poor international cooperation among atheists ==

== Poor international cooperation among atheists ==

In recent years, international cooperation among atheists has been low (see: [[Atheism and international cooperation among atheists]]).

In recent years, international cooperation among atheists has been low (see: [[Atheism and international cooperation among atheists]]).

== Economic duress/instability ==

== Economic duress/instability ==

== Causes of desecularization in Asia ==

== Causes of desecularization in Asia ==

 

''See also:'' [[Asian atheism]] and [[Growth of Christianity in China]]

''See also:'' [[Asian atheism]] and [[Growth of Christianity in China]]