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Desecularization

In sociology, desecularization (also spelled desecularisation) is a resurgence or growth of religion after a period of secularization. The theory of desecularization is a reaction to the theory known as the secularization thesis, which posits a gradual decline in the importance of religion and in religious belief itself, as a universal feature of modern…

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Desecularizationis areaction to the theory known as the secularization thesis0.90text
the Islamic revival since the 1970sinstance ofin his 1999 book The Desecularization of the World.Proponents of the theory of desecularization point to examples0.80text
in particular the Iranian Revolutioninstance ofin his 1999 book The Desecularization of the World.Proponents of the theory of desecularization point to examples0.80text
the resurgence of religion in Russiainstance ofin his 1999 book The Desecularization of the World.Proponents of the theory of desecularization point to examples0.80text
Chinainstance ofin his 1999 book The Desecularization of the World.Proponents of the theory of desecularization point to examples0.80text
where governments had practiced state atheisminstance ofin his 1999 book The Desecularization of the World.Proponents of the theory of desecularization point to examples0.80text
and the growing Christian population in the Global Southinstance ofin his 1999 book The Desecularization of the World.Proponents of the theory of desecularization point to examples0.80text
Emile Durkheiminstance ofIndividuals0.80text
Max Weberinstance ofIndividuals0.80text
Karl Marxinstance ofIndividuals0.80text
and Sigmund Freud believed that this trend would continue until religion became essentially insignificant in the public sphereinstance ofIndividuals0.80text
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