The American [[sociology|sociologist]] and author [[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> According to Berger, "One can say with some confidence that modern [[Pentecostalism]] must be the fastest growing religion in human history."<ref>[http://www.the-american-interest.com/2010/07/29/pentecostalism-protestant-ethic-or-cargo-cult/ Pentecostalism – Protestant Ethic or Cargo Cult?], Peter Berger, July 29, 2010</ref> See also: [[Growth of religious fundamentalism#Growth of pentecostalism|Growth of pentecostalism]] and [[Growth of religious fundamentalism]]
== Books ==
* ''Is Atheism Dead?'' by Eric Metaxas. Salem Books (October 19, 2021)
* ''The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World'' by [[Alister McGrath]]. WaterBrook; Reprint edition (December 18, 2007)
* ''The Triumph of Faith: Why the World Is More Religious than Ever'' by [[Rodney Stark]]. ISI Books; 1st edition (November 16, 2015)
* ''Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century'' by Eric Kaufmann. Profile Books; Main edition (December 9, 2010)
* ''The Triumph of Christianity: How the Jesus Movement Became the World's Largest Religion'' by Rodney Stark. HarperOne; Illustrated edition (October 25, 2011)
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