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Hungary, for example, is an officially Christian nation. Even still, faith is waning: Although a majority of Hungarians identify as Catholic, only 12% regularly attend church services and just 14% describe religion as “very important” in their lives.
It is worth noting, as author Rod Dreher has, Prime Minister Victor Orban’s governance in Budapest is very much aligned with politically conservative Christian views. As such, the country has passed legislation to that end.
Nevertheless, Saiya and Manchanda argue that, in pluralistic societies, where religious ideologies coexist and must compete, for lack of a better word, Christianity untethered from politics often flourishes. Paradoxically, they found, “state favoritism of religion inadvertently suppresses it.”
Why is Christianity growing in some countries but declining in others?
For much of the 20th century, social scientists answered this question by appealing to the so-called secularization thesis: the theory that science, technology, and education would result in Christianity’s declining social influence.
More recently, some scholars have suggested the cause is rather the accumulation of wealth. Increasing prosperity, it is believed, frees people from having to look to a higher power to provide for their daily needs. In other words, there is a direct link from affluence to atheism.
In a peer-reviewed study published this month in the journal
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Photo: President Kersti Kaljulaid in the Afghan capital, Kabul, during her official visit on Wednesday, April 21 2021. Author: President s office
Estonia will be in the vanguard of international efforts to make Afghanistan a safer and more secure place, President Kersti Kaljulaid said during an official visit to that country Wednesday, where the current security situation, and that of the future, was very much on the table.
The president stressed that Estonia, along with the entire international community, will continue to support Afghanistan following the departure of NATO and other allied forces – including close to 50 Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) personnel currently in the country – as announced by U.S. President Joe Biden earlier this month.
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