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Why the World is turning more Religious?
As the proportion of older people increases in a country, the chances of its society becoming more religious also go up, says a study.
Older people are more inclined to believe in God and believe it is important to instil religion in children.
The research suggests that population again can possibly slow down the transition from religious to secular values. The study, published in the 'Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion', predicts developed countries will become more religious in 20 years.
Older people (aged 50+) constitute almost one half of the adult (aged 20+) population of developed countries, and this proportion will increase to constitute a significant majority by 2040.
It has long been observed that older people tend to be more religious than younger people. However, it is still disputable whether this fact should be attributed to people generally by becoming more religious with age or to the process of secularisation, wherein earlier cohorts (to which the older people now belong) used to be more religious than those that appeared later,i.e. younger cohorts.
A total of 16 countries were studied, including Australia, the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Israel, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, as well as other European countries.
The research showed that in high-income countries, age, rather than the cohort effect, has more impact religiosity. The effect impacts several factors such as church attendance and a belief in religion`s importance in life, but the age effect still strongly prevails over the cohort effect.
Ahmad Saad
