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The current [[Atheist Population|atheist population]] mostly resides in East Asia (particularly China) and in secular Europe/Australia primarily among whites.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey, ''Washington Post'', May 23, 2013</ref> See: [[Western atheism and race]]

The current [[Atheist Population|atheist population]] mostly resides in East Asia (particularly China) and in secular Europe/Australia primarily among whites.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey, ''Washington Post'', May 23, 2013</ref> See: [[Western atheism and race]]

The [[Soviet Union]], communist China and the [[decline of the secular left]] in the world, demonstrate that [[state atheism]] and/or [[atheist indoctrination]] through social institutions and is vulnerable to disruption and that desecularization can occur rapidly (see also: [[Collapse of atheism in the former Soviet Union]] and [[Growth of Christianity in China]] and [[Decline of the secular left]]).  In China, Christianity is experiencing explosive growth. In addition, irreligious/secular countries are vulnerable to rapid desecularization through mass immigration of religious immigration or the disruption of atheistic indoctrination. For example, [[secular Europe]] is presently having a migrant crisis and these migrants come from religious countries. In Turkey, which has history of a secular state, the higher fertility rate of religious Muslim eventually caused the banning of the [[evolution|theory of evolution]] from secondary schools.  

The [[Soviet Union]], communist China and the [[decline of the secular left]] in the world, demonstrate that [[state atheism]] and/or [[atheist indoctrination]] through social institutions and is vulnerable to disruption and that desecularization can occur rapidly (see also: [[Collapse of atheism in the former Soviet Union]] and [[Growth of Christianity in China]] and [[Decline of the secular left]]).   

 

In China, Christianity is experiencing explosive growth. In addition, irreligious/secular countries are vulnerable to rapid desecularization through mass immigration of religious immigration or the disruption of atheistic indoctrination. For example, [[secular Europe]] is presently having a migrant crisis and these migrants come from religious countries (see: [[European migrant crisis]]). In Turkey, which has history of a secular state, the higher fertility rate of religious Muslims eventually caused the banning of the [[evolution|theory of evolution]] from secondary schools.  

Current trends, which are covered below, suggests that the [[growth of global desecularization]] may accelerate sometime in the 21st century - particularly in the latter half of the 21st century.   

Current trends, which are covered below, suggests that the [[growth of global desecularization]] may accelerate sometime in the 21st century - particularly in the latter half of the 21st century.