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Growth of global desecularization (view source)
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''See also:'' [[Culture war]] and [[American atheism]]
''See also:'' [[Culture war]] and [[American atheism]]
[[File:US map.PNG|thumbnail|200px|left|After the prayer-in-school decision in 1962 and particularly after [[Roe v. Wade|Rowe vs. Wade]] in 1973 desecularization accelerated rapidly and seriously impacted the national political arena in a divisive fashion pitting a secular-liberal [[secular humanism|humanism]] against a conservative moralism, pitting [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]] against “[[intelligent Design]]”.<ref>[https://www.hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/2007/new_york/texte_5/Ostendorf.php The Nation with a soul of a church]</ref> ]]
[[File:US map.PNG|thumbnail|200px|left|After the prayer-in-school decision in 1962 and particularly after [[Roe v. Wade|Rowe vs. Wade]] in 1973 desecularization accelerated rapidly and seriously impacted the national political arena in a divisive fashion pitting a secular-liberal [[secular humanism|humanism]] against a conservative moralism, pitting [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]] against “[[intelligent Design]]”.<ref>[https://www.hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/2007/new_york/texte_5/Ostendorf.php The Nation with a soul of a church]</ref> ]]
According to the 2014 [[General Social Survey]] (GSS), the number of [[atheism|atheists]] and [[agnosticism|agnostics]] in the United States has remained relatively stable in the past 23 years. In 1991, 2% of Americans identified as atheist, and 4% identified as agnostic. In 2014, 3% of Americans identified as atheists, and 5% identified as agnostics.<ref> Hout, Michael; Smith, Tom (March 2015). "[http://www.norc.org/PDFs/GSS%20Reports/GSS_Religion_2014.pdf Fewer Americans Affiliate with Organized Religions, Belief and Practice Unchanged: Key Findings from the 2014 General Social Survey]" (PDF). General Social Survey. NORC</ref> See also: [[American atheism]]
In the [[United States]], in the latter part of the 20th century, political victories by the [[secular left]] helped cause a period increased growth of [[evangelicalism|evangelical Christianity]] and its influence in society.<ref>[https://www.hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/2007/new_york/texte_5/Ostendorf.php The Nation with a soul of a church]</ref>
In the [[United States]], in the latter part of the 20th century, political victories by the [[secular left]] helped cause a period increased growth of [[evangelicalism|evangelical Christianity]] and its influence in society.<ref>[https://www.hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/2007/new_york/texte_5/Ostendorf.php The Nation with a soul of a church]</ref>