Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Survival of the Godliest

Survival of the Godliest | Big Questions Online:

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There are many swirls and currents that affect us all as individuals, but between higher fertility and more successful indoctrination, the main demographic tide of history is clearly flowing in favor of fundamentalism.

These and other relevant findings from the sociology of religion come from a powerful new book by Eric Kaufmann entitled Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century. The book has been released in the United Kingdom, and will be published in the United States next spring. A graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government who currently teaches at the University of London, Kaufmann provides no faith-based arguments, and doesn’t need them to make his point. Good old-fashioned Darwinism applied empirically to modern conditions will do.
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