“The world is getting more religious, because the poor go for God”

Last updated on: May 30, 2016 at 11:41 pm   by
“The world is getting more religious, because the poor go for God”

 

A Congolese cathedral
The Cathedral of Notre Dame de l’Assomption. located in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo, was erected in 1953.  (Wikimedia Commons)

 

The so-called “secularization thesis” is, it seems, a provincial myth:

 

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2016/may/26/the-world-is-getting-more-religious-because-the-poor-go-for-god?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

And, while on that topic, you might enjoy this, too:

 

Louis C. Midgley, “Christian Faith in Contemporary China”

 

 

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