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== Religious are expected to see a net gain in political power in the 21st century ==

== Religious are expected to see a net gain in political power in the 21st century ==

[[Image:Baby.jpg|left|thumb|200px|According the agnostic, British professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] by the end of the 21st century, "three quarters of America may be pro-life. Their activism will leap over the borders of the 'Redeemer Nation' to evangelize the world."<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-are-years-2012-and-2020-key-years.html Why are 2012 and 2020 key years for Christian creationists and pro-lifers?]</ref> ]]

[[Image:Baby.jpg|left|thumb|200px|According the agnostic, British professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] by the end of the 21st century, "three quarters of America may be pro-life. Their activism will leap over the borders of the 'Redeemer Nation' to evangelize the world."<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-are-years-2012-and-2020-key-years.html Why are 2012 and 2020 key years for Christian creationists and pro-lifers?]</ref> ]]

The Brookings Institution, one of America's oldest think tanks, indicates:

The Brookings Institution, one of America's oldest think tanks, indicates:

{{cquote|There was a belief for centuries that modernization meant westernization and secularization. As Rabbi Sacks described, the 17th through 20th centuries were witness to the secularization of knowledge, power, culture, and morality. However, this secularization is not sustainable. According to Rabbi Sacks, the 21st century will be more religious than the 20th, even if not one religious believer persuades any skeptic, because “the more intensely you believe religiously, the more children you have.”<ref>[http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brookings-now/posts/2015/11/16-rabbi-sacks-religious-violence Rabbi Sacks: Three things western civilization got wrong about religion] by Liz Sablich,  November 16, 2015, Brookings Institute website</ref>}}  

{{cquote|There was a belief for centuries that modernization meant westernization and secularization. As Rabbi Sacks described, the 17th through 20th centuries were witness to the secularization of knowledge, power, culture, and morality. However, this secularization is not sustainable. According to Rabbi Sacks, the 21st century will be more religious than the 20th, even if not one religious believer persuades any skeptic, because “the more intensely you believe religiously, the more children you have.”<ref>[http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brookings-now/posts/2015/11/16-rabbi-sacks-religious-violence Rabbi Sacks: Three things western civilization got wrong about religion] by Liz Sablich,  November 16, 2015, Brookings Institute website</ref>}}