Irenaeus, Siteadmin, Check users, oversight, Administrators
351,796
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 133:
Line 133: + + + + + + + +
→Collapse of atheism in the former Soviet Union
But in recent years, authorities have made positive overtures towards house church leaders -- especially those in urban areas.<ref>[http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2011/January/Third-Church-Chinas-New-Face-of-Christianity/?Print=true ''Third Church' China's New Face of Christianity''], January 2011 CBN News article</ref>}}
But in recent years, authorities have made positive overtures towards house church leaders -- especially those in urban areas.<ref>[http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2011/January/Third-Church-Chinas-New-Face-of-Christianity/?Print=true ''Third Church' China's New Face of Christianity''], January 2011 CBN News article</ref>}}
== Desecularization and politics ==
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>}}
A ''Christian Post'' in an article entitled ''Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: Secularism Can't Solve Today's Religious Violence; Answers Rooted in 'Sibling Rivalry' of Jews, Christians, Muslims'':
{{cquote|But those 17th century ideas will not work in the 21st century, Sacks continued, because, "the 17th century was the beginning of an age of secularization which has lasted four centuries until now; the 21st century is exactly the opposite, it's the beginning of an age of desecularization. Religion is seizing power; they're not yielding power. ... We are going to have to do the theological work that was not done four centuries ago."<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/rabbi-jonathan-sacks-secularism-cant-solve-todays-religious-violence-answers-rooted-in-sibling-rivalry-of-jews-christians-muslims-140754/ ''Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: Secularism Can't Solve Today's Religious Violence; Answers Rooted in 'Sibling Rivalry' of Jews, Christians, Muslims'']</ref>}}
== Collapse of atheism in the former Soviet Union ==
== Collapse of atheism in the former Soviet Union ==