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'''Desecularization''' is the transformation of a society from identification with irreligious values and institutions toward religious values and religious institutions. Peter L. Berger introduced the concept of desecularization in 1999.<ref>[http://intl-jcs.oxfordjournals.org/content/52/2/232.full#fn-2 ''Journal of Church and State'', Desecularization: A Conceptual Framework by Vyacheslav Karpov, 2010]</ref><ref>Peter L. Berger, “The Desecularization of the World: A Global Overview,” in The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics, ed. Peter L. Berger (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999)</ref>

'''Desecularization''' is the transformation of a society from identification with irreligious values and institutions towards a society which posesses religious values/institutions. Peter L. Berger introduced the concept of desecularization in 1999.<ref>[http://intl-jcs.oxfordjournals.org/content/52/2/232.full#fn-2 ''Journal of Church and State'', Desecularization: A Conceptual Framework by Vyacheslav Karpov, 2010]</ref><ref>Peter L. Berger, “The Desecularization of the World: A Global Overview,” in The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics, ed. Peter L. Berger (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999)</ref>

Many of the areas of the former areas of the [[Soviet Union]], including [[Russia]], experienced a rapid desecularization since the fall of the Soviet Union.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/08/what-does-history-say-about-how-fast.html What does the historical record say about how fast secularism can collapse in countries?]</ref>  [[Communism|Communist]] [[China]] is currently experiencing a rapid desecularization due to the rapid growth of [[Christianity]] in China.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/08/worlds-biggest-atheist-population-about.html World's biggest atheist population about to see a big decline]</ref>  

Many of the areas of the former areas of the [[Soviet Union]], including [[Russia]], experienced a rapid desecularization since the fall of the Soviet Union.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/08/what-does-history-say-about-how-fast.html What does the historical record say about how fast secularism can collapse in countries?]</ref>  [[Communism|Communist]] [[China]] is currently experiencing a rapid desecularization due to the rapid growth of [[Christianity]] in China.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/08/worlds-biggest-atheist-population-about.html World's biggest atheist population about to see a big decline]</ref>