Why God is Winning. Religion was supposed to fade away as globalization and freedom spread. Instead,...

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Why God is Winning

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Page 1: Why God is Winning. Religion was supposed to fade away as globalization and freedom spread. Instead, it's booming around the world, often deciding who.

Why God is Winning

Page 2: Why God is Winning. Religion was supposed to fade away as globalization and freedom spread. Instead, it's booming around the world, often deciding who.

Religion was supposed to fade away as globalization and freedom spread. Instead,

it's booming around the world, often deciding who gets elected. And the divine

intervention is just beginning. Democracy is giving people a voice, and more and more,

they want to talk about God.

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"prophetic politics"

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Democracy is giving the world's peoples their voice, and they want to talk about

God

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modernization would inevitably extinguish religion's vitality

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God's comeback is in no small part due to the global expansion of freedom

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marriage of religion with politics is often welcomed, if not demanded, by people around

the world

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most dynamic religiosity today is not so much "old-time religion" as it is radical, modern, and

conservative

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Religious radicalscan quickly short-circuit democracy

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Religion has mobilized millions of people to oppose authoritarian regimes, inaugurate democratic

transitions, support human rights, and relieve human suffering

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God is winning in global politics