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Feb 25, 2017 · The reason secularists try to mix artificial ingredients such as hope into their distasteful recipe is because, as creatures made in the image of God, they know, deep down, that this world is not all that there is. In fact, they know the God they continue to shun (Rom. 1:18–21).
Mar 11, 2015 · What do these trends suggest about the way Christians articulate the “Jesus Story” in word and deed? What are secularists saying and why is it important to hear them? First, secularists promote values and seek meaning, apart from religion.
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Secularization is the process whereby religiosity weakens or fades in society. Peter Berger, a sociologist of religion, defined itas the process that removes institutionalized religion's domination over a culture, and a situation where more and more people make sense of their lives without traditional religious interpretations. As Berger noted, one...
Not everyone was so sure. In the decades after Mills' dire prognostication, many sociologists began to voice skepticism about secularization's inevitability. As they observed developments like the rise of Pentecostalism throughout much of Latin America and the momentum of the religious right in the U.S., debate took off about the extent of seculari...
In our 2023 book, "Beyond Doubt," however, religion and secularism scholars Isabella Kasselstrand, Ryan Cragunand I argue that religious faith, participation and identification are unambiguously weaker than they have ever been. This is not only true in the U.S, but many parts of the world, as seen in surveys of people in countries such as Scotland,...
Jun 11, 2024 · According to one recent Gallup poll, just 30 percent of U.S. adults attend religious services weekly or nearly weekly—down from 42 percent in the early 2000s. This rapid secularization has resulted...
Mar 29, 2023 · Proponents of secularism reject the presence of theism and religion in political and societal institutions. All atheists profess to be secularists; however, not all secularists profess to be atheists. An estimated 250 to 500 million people worldwide do not profess belief in any deity.
Oct 6, 2020 · Evangelicals are rapidly embracing secularism, with a majority (52%) rejecting absolute moral truth, 75% believing that people are basically good rather than the biblical view of humans having a sin nature, and 61% admitting they no longer read the Bible on a daily basis.
Feb 25, 2017 · If we are like fish swimming in a secular sea, how do we order our worship, our discipleship, our ministry to the world with out resorting to a secular default mode? Merle d’Aubigne gives us the answer: The Word of God is the only power that can subdue the rebellion of our heart.
