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In the Daily Telegraph article Dr. [[Daniel Came]], a member of the Faculty of Philosophy at [[Oxford University]] was quoted as writing to Richard Dawkins concerning his refusal to debate Dr. [[William Lane Craig]], "The absence of a debate with the foremost [[Christian apologetics|apologist]] for Christian theism is a glaring omission on your [[Curriculum vitae|CV]] and is of course apt to be interpreted as cowardice on your part."<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8511931/Richard-Dawkins-accused-of-cowardice-for-refusing-to-debate-existence-of-God.html Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', May 14, 2011</ref>
In the Daily Telegraph article Dr. [[Daniel Came]], a member of the Faculty of Philosophy at [[Oxford University]] was quoted as writing to Richard Dawkins concerning his refusal to debate Dr. [[William Lane Craig]], "The absence of a debate with the foremost [[Christian apologetics|apologist]] for Christian theism is a glaring omission on your [[Curriculum vitae|CV]] and is of course apt to be interpreted as cowardice on your part."<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8511931/Richard-Dawkins-accused-of-cowardice-for-refusing-to-debate-existence-of-God.html Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', May 14, 2011</ref>
== Rapid growth of evangelical Christianity and pentecostalism ==
== Global resurgence of religion ==
''See also:'' [[Desecularization]] and [[Global atheism]] and [[Global atheism]] and [[Atheism and marriage]] and [[Atheist marriages]]
[[File:Watoto Childrens Choir picture.jpg|thumbnail|left|190px|Watoto Children's Choir, [[Uganda]].
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In 2005, there were four times as many non-Western World Christians as there were [[Western World]] Christians.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077 Is Christianity taking over the planet?]</ref> See: [[Global Christianity]] ]]
On December 23, 2012, Professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] who teaches at Birbeck College, University of London wrote:
{{cquote|I argue that 97% of the world's population growth is taking place in the developing world, where 95% of people are religious.
On the other hand, the secular West and East Asia has very low fertility and a rapidly aging population... In the coming decades, the developed world's demand for workers to pay its pensions and work in its service sector will soar alongside the booming supply of young people in the third world. Ergo, we can expect significant immigration to the secular West which will import religious revival on the back of ethnic change. In addition, those with religious beliefs tend to have higher birth rates than the secular population, with fundamentalists having far larger families. The epicentre of these trends will be in immigration gateway cities like New York (a third white), Amsterdam (half Dutch), Los Angeles (28% white), and London, 45% white British.
<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/04/97-of-worlds-population-growth-is.html 97% of the world's population growth is taking place in the developing world, where 95% of people are religious], Tuesday, April 30, 2013</ref>}}
Michael Blume, a researcher at the University of Jena in Germany, wrote "Most societies or communities that have espoused atheistic beliefs have not survived more than a century."<ref>[http://www.scilogs.eu/en/blog/biology-of-religion/2011-01-06/atheists-a-dying-breed-as-nature-favours-faithful-sunday-times-jan-02-2011-jonathan-leake-full-draft-version Atheist: A dying breed as nature favours faithful]</ref> Blume also indicated concerning concerning his research on this matter: "What I found was the complete lack of a single case of a secular population, community or movement that would just manage to retain replacement level."<ref>[http://www.scilogs.eu/en/blog/biology-of-religion/2011-01-06/atheists-a-dying-breed-as-nature-favours-faithful-sunday-times-jan-02-2011-jonathan-leake-full-draft-version Atheist: A dying breed as nature favours faithful]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and sexuality]]
In 2008, Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, in his monograph entitled ''Wars of Ideas and the War of Ideas'', "offers a brief examination of four common types of wars of ideas..."<ref name=IRSN2008>{{cite web |publisher=International Relations and Security Network |url=http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Digital-Library/Publications/Detail/?ots591=0c54e3b3-1e9c-be1e-2c24-a6a8c7060233&lng=en&id=90824 |title=Abstract of Wars of Ideas and the War of Ideas }}</ref> While he believes that a sound understanding the wars of ideas can inform strategy, Echevarria "concludes that physical events, whether designed or incidental, are in some respects more important to the course and outcome of a war of ideas than the ideas themselves."<ref name=Echevarriawarsideas>
{{cite news
|author=Antulio Joseph Echevarria
|publisher=Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College (SSI)
|date=June 2008
|ISBN=1-58487-359-0
|series=SSI Monographs
|location=Carlisle, United States
|pages=63
|title=Wars of Ideas and the War of Ideas
|url=http://mercury.ethz.ch/serviceengine/Files/ISN/90824/ipublicationdocument_singledocument/64dda047-4d8b-4163-8479-79b9eee5a655/en/Wars_Ideas.pdf
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<ref name=IRSN2008 /> Kaufmann argues that fertility rate differences over time will have a stronger effect on the atheism/agnosticism vs. Christianity ideological struggle than evangelism will in West and that immigration of religious immigrants will also have a strong effect.<ref>
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7vCDeKPRSo Eric Kaufmann - Religion, Demography and Politics in the 21st Century]
*[Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?], Video - Lecture by [[Eric Kaufmann]]
*[http://library.fora.tv/2010/09/05/Eric_Kaufmann_Shall_the_Religious_Inherit_the_Earth Fora-TV - Australia Lecture - Eric Kaufmann- Shall the religious inherit the earth]</ref>
=== Rapid growth of evangelical Christianity and pentecostalism ===
[[File:Laying on of hands.jpg|200px|right|thumbnail|The American [[sociology|sociologist]] and author [[Peter L. Berger]]: "One can say with some confidence that modern [[Pentecostalism]] must be the fastest growing religion in human history."<ref>[http://www.the-american-interest.com/2010/07/29/pentecostalism-protestant-ethic-or-cargo-cult/ Pentecostalism – Protestant Ethic or Cargo Cult?], Peter Berger, July 29, 2010</ref>]]
[[File:Laying on of hands.jpg|200px|right|thumbnail|The American [[sociology|sociologist]] and author [[Peter L. Berger]]: "One can say with some confidence that modern [[Pentecostalism]] must be the fastest growing religion in human history."<ref>[http://www.the-american-interest.com/2010/07/29/pentecostalism-protestant-ethic-or-cargo-cult/ Pentecostalism – Protestant Ethic or Cargo Cult?], Peter Berger, July 29, 2010</ref>]]
The World Christian Database estimates the number of [[evangelicalism|Evangelicals]] at 300 million individuals, [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]] and Charismatics at 600 million individuals and "Great Commission" Christians at 700 million individuals. These Christian groups are not mutually exclusive. Operation World estimates the number of Evangelicals at 550 million individuals.
The World Christian Database estimates the number of [[evangelicalism|Evangelicals]] at 300 million individuals, [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]] and Charismatics at 600 million individuals and "Great Commission" Christians at 700 million individuals. These Christian groups are not mutually exclusive. Operation World estimates the number of Evangelicals at 550 million individuals.
=== Explosive growth of pentecostalism ===
==== Explosive growth of pentecostalism ====
''See also:'' [[Pentecostalism]]
''See also:'' [[Pentecostalism]]
In 2011, a Pew Forum study of worldwide Christianity found that there were about 279 million classical Pentecostals, making 4 percent of the total world population and 12.8 percent of global Christendom Pentecostal.<ref name=PewGlobalChristianity67>Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (December 19, 2011,), [http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Christian/Christianity-fullreport-web.pdf ''Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population''], p. 67.</ref>
In 2011, a Pew Forum study of worldwide Christianity found that there were about 279 million classical Pentecostals, making 4 percent of the total world population and 12.8 percent of global Christendom Pentecostal.<ref name=PewGlobalChristianity67>Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (December 19, 2011,), [http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Christian/Christianity-fullreport-web.pdf ''Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population''], p. 67.</ref>
=== Growth of evangelicalism in the world and in the United States ===
==== Growth of evangelicalism in the world and in the United States ====
''See also:'' [[Baylor University researchers on American Christianity]]
''See also:'' [[Baylor University researchers on American Christianity]]