Dawkins and Hitchens have convinced many western intellectuals that
secularism is the way forward. But most people don't read their books
before deciding whether to be religious. Instead, they inherit their
faith from their parents, who often innoculate them against the
elegant arguments of secularists. And what no one has noticed is that
far from declining, the religious are expanding their share of the
population: in fact, the more religious people are, the more children
they have. The cumulative effect of immigration from religious
countries, and religious fertility will be to reverse the
secularisation process in the West. Not only will the religious
eventually triumph over the non-religious, but it is those who are the
most extreme in their beliefs who have the largest families.
Within Judaism, the Ultra-Orthodox may achieve majority status over
their liberal counterparts by mid-century. Islamist Muslims have won
the culture war in much of the Muslim world, and their success
provides a glimpse of what awaits the Christian West and Israel. Based
on a wealth of demographic research, considering questions of
multiculturalism and terrorism, Kaufmann examines the implications of
the decline in liberal secularism as religious conservatism rises -
and what this means for the future of western modernity.
Les mer
Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781847651945
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Profile Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter