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[[Postsecularism]] refers to a number of theories concerning the persistence or resurgence of religious beliefs or practices in the present.
[[Postsecularism]] refers to a number of theories concerning the persistence or resurgence of religious beliefs or practices in the present.
[[File:Newton.png|right|thumbnail|200px|The scientist [[Isaac Newton]] wrote: "Opposition to godliness is [[atheism]] in profession and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors."<ref>Newton, Isaac. ''A Short Scheme of the True Religion''. Unpublished writing quoted in Brewster, David (1855). [http://books.google.com/books?id=-RY6AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA347&dq=%22david+brewster%22+%22short+scheme%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u3zlVL3pN5bqoATx84HgCg&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22david%20brewster%22%20%22short%20scheme%22&f=false ''Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton''] (Edinburgh, UK: Thomas Constable), vol. 2, p. 347. Retrieved from GoogleBooks archive on February 19, 2015.</ref> See also: [[Global atheism|Decline of global atheism]] ]]
[[File:Newton.png|left|thumbnail|200px|The scientist [[Isaac Newton]] wrote: "Opposition to godliness is [[atheism]] in profession and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors."<ref>Newton, Isaac. ''A Short Scheme of the True Religion''. Unpublished writing quoted in Brewster, David (1855). [http://books.google.com/books?id=-RY6AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA347&dq=%22david+brewster%22+%22short+scheme%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u3zlVL3pN5bqoATx84HgCg&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22david%20brewster%22%20%22short%20scheme%22&f=false ''Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton''] (Edinburgh, UK: Thomas Constable), vol. 2, p. 347. Retrieved from GoogleBooks archive on February 19, 2015.</ref> See also: [[Global atheism|Decline of global atheism]] ]]
The ''Science Recorder'' declared in 2015:
The ''Science Recorder'' declared in 2015:
{{cquote|Science and religion are often presented as opposing world views, but a recent study in the American Sociological Review published Jan. 29, suggests that for some Americans, this binary construction (i.e. science vs. religion) is a false dichotomy.
{{cquote|Science and religion are often presented as opposing world views, but a recent study in the American Sociological Review published Jan. 29, suggests that for some Americans, this binary construction (i.e. science vs. religion) is a false dichotomy.