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Christianity and Secularization of the World
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Are Christians to blame for increased secularization of the world?
Introduction
Christianity has gone through different stages of transformations as times continue to change and
it is changing rapidly in the 21st century, where communications, commerce, and travel are
interconnected in unimagined ways. In the 21st century Christianity has been characterized or
shaped by what can be termed as unity in one faith, resistance to the persecution, and the
increased secularization. For Christianity it has experienced several challenges over the years,
and this has exerted even more pressure on the believers who are forced to adapt to current times.
For the masters of suspicion such as Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud they all thought that
Christianity would end in the 20th century but that was prediction that is yet to validated in the
21st century. For others they enthusiastically considered the reason for the possible death of
Christianity to the secularization hypothesis. However, the strong link between the hypothesis
and reality on the ground is that Christians are adapting to the times, and they are, in fact,
supporting secularization.
For most sociologists of the Christian faith in the west, they would agree that the process of
secularization has led to a decline in the world's religious faith and view, and this has brought
radical changes in American society in the 21st century. Change is inevitable but the extent to
which any of the changes affect us is open to debate. Thus this paper will seek to analyze the
extent to which Christianity has contributed to the increased secularization of the world.
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How Christians are to blame for the secularization of the world
According to a recent survey by Heimlich (2019), it demonstrated that the number of people
without any religious affiliation they are outnumbering the Christian population, particularly in
America and England. However, among the figures stated, the huge number of people without
religious affiliation is actually the Christians who have adopted to the times, and they have
become more hybrid. On the other hand, as Armstrong (2014) highlights that we as a world are
not becoming more atheist, but we are all becoming secularized as Christians, and we are
supporting the idea. As McLeod and Hempton (2017) state further that Christians are making the
world more secularized because they are taking part in the process of secularization. For
Marshall (2018), he terms the situation as a clash in civilizations as people are moving to a more
globalized world; it means that it is often difficult to distinguish between the pure Christians and
those that are actually part of the secularized world.
For America's younger generation they are unable to distinguish between what is secular and
what is purely Christian. As (McLeod & Hempton, 2017) highlight our society is adopting to
individualism and abandoning what is considered as a group way of thinking. For Christianity as
a faith it can be considered as a group thinking because the members involve themselves in
rituals and practices that reflect and emulate Christ's life as the leader of Christianity. For
Armstrong (2014) he notes how previous generations have continued to alter and destroy the
original teachings and instead they have chosen to replace it with their secularized ideas. The
changes have been brought about by changes in the political world. For instance Rome was once
a superpower, and it used its political powers to spread catholic religion, and this is the same
case in the current world where politics is shaping religions and influencing the world.
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When we open our eyes and look around, we can note that majority of the Americans are
influenced by the political leaders who have adopted more secularized values. Even though the
Christian beliefs continue to remain strong with increased interconnectedness of the world
through technology we can note that Am...