[[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>
Pew Research indicated in a 2017 article entitled ''Religious Belief and National Belonging in Central and Eastern Europe'':
Pew Research indicated in a 2017 article entitled ''Religious Belief and National Belonging in Central and Eastern Europe'':