Over the past few centuries, most of the world has been on the same page about that. (relevantmagazine.com)
Most of the most brutal dictators of the past few centuries were atheists who showed great disdain for religion (not just Christianity). (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
With so much profound change occurring, the sense arose among some European intellectuals that the differences between the new global society and the past few centuries is as great as that between the modern period and the medieval one. (religion-online.org)