Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century Kaufmann, Eric. creator text Electronic books. enk London Profile Books 2010 monographic eng

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1 online resource (587 p.) 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 s. Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Introduction; 1 The Crisis of Secularism; 2 The Hidden Hand of History: Demography and Society; 3 'A Full Quiver': Fertility and the Rise of American Fundamentalism; 4 The Demography of Islamism in the Muslim World; 5 Sacralisation by Stealth: Religion Returns to Europe; 6 'A Scholar Society': The Haredisation of the Jewish World; 7 Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?; Notes; Index. Religion Religion RELIGION / History TRAVEL / Special Interest / Religious BL238.K38 2010 200.905 Kaufmann, Eric London : Profile Books, c2010 9781847651945 (electronic bk.) 1847651941 (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=618707 http://www.contentreserve.com/TitleInfo.asp?ID={09765E04-83EB-4CE4-8D03-50623BFDB5D5}&Format=410 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=590209 http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1887-1/{09765E04-83EB-4CE4-8D03-50623BFDB5D5}Img100.jpg http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=618707 http://www.contentreserve.com/TitleInfo.asp?ID={09765E04-83EB-4CE4-8D03-50623BFDB5D5}&Format=410 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=590209 http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1887-1/{09765E04-83EB-4CE4-8D03-50623BFDB5D5}Img100.jpg EBLCP 110530 20200709055851.0 ocn727647891 eng