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[[China]] has the largest atheist population and Christianity is rapidly growing in China (see: [[Growth of Christianity in China]]).
[[China]] has the largest atheist population and Christianity is rapidly growing in China (see: [[Growth of Christianity in China]]).
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>
Furthermore, in [[secular Europe]] due to the higher fertility rate of religious immigrants and the sub-replacement fertility of the secular population and retiring workers needing to be replaced, Europe is expected to go through a process of [[desecularization]] in the 21st century (see: ).
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>
=== Oppression in atheistic communist regimes ===
=== Oppression in atheistic communist regimes ===