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== Christian revivals/awakenings and desecularization ==

== Christian revivals/awakenings and desecularization ==

''See also:'' [[Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and its retention rate in individuals]]

Reverend Dwight Longenecker wrote: "In the late eighteenth century atheism, [[rationalism]] and Freemasonry seemed to have taken over [[Europe]]. By the mid to late nineteenth century religious revival had swept through Europe and Christianity was surging forward."<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/standingonmyhead/2015/04/the-facts-atheism-is-dying-out.html The Facts: Atheism is Dying Out], by Rev. Dwight Longenecker, April 8, 2015</ref>

Reverend Dwight Longenecker wrote: "In the late eighteenth century atheism, [[rationalism]] and Freemasonry seemed to have taken over [[Europe]]. By the mid to late nineteenth century religious revival had swept through Europe and Christianity was surging forward."<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/standingonmyhead/2015/04/the-facts-atheism-is-dying-out.html The Facts: Atheism is Dying Out], by Rev. Dwight Longenecker, April 8, 2015</ref>