Habermas argues that the old sociological truism that asserted that modernisation would lead to secularisation and the increased irrelevance of religion has in recent years and with recent historical developments been proven wrong in societies previously considered “secularised”. In support of his thesis, Habermas asserts the reality that the developmental path of Europe, considered in previous years to be the model for the rest of the world and hence the core of the secularisation/modernisation thesis has proven instead to be the deviation from the norm, with most societies including the United States not experiencing a decline in religious affiliation concurrent with modernisation.
The vibrancy of existing faith communities around the world is in Habermas’ opinion further evidence of the death of the secularisation hypothesis. As he says: “orthodox or at any rate conservative groups within the established religious organisations and churches are on the advance everywhere.” In addition, both fundamentalist religious groups such as Christian evangelicals and radical Protestants, and more syncretist new age faith groups such as the Falun Gong have become increasingly popular.
http://newageislam.com/a-post-secular-europe-/islamic-ideology/d/394
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