Not exact matches
Christianity is on the decline because as
education levels
increase, so does the belief in
religion.
The scholars who study Islamic culture today point out that the chief factors which have influenced contemporary Arab Muslim society are: the Western ideas which penetrated Arab society through
education and
increased contact with the West, socialist concepts which have spread throughout the world, communist doctrines which challenge
religion in general, the expansion of university
education, the admission of Muslim women to higher
education, the study of ancient and modern philosophy in the universities, and the modern Muslim movements which have been so influential.
Mark from Middle River: as the
education level of any population
increases, and social systems improve,
religion falls by the wayside.
From 1870, the state has taken
increasing control, although the Church of England and Roman Catholic churches still have a significant role, and religious
education, which now includes teaching about the other major world
religions as well as Christianity, is still required, as well as a daily act of collective worship.
The
increased differentiation of institutions and their autonomy from
religion, the expansion of the power of the state, the higher rates of participation by both men and women in the wage economy, the
increased delegation of family functions like
education, leisure and food preparation to the market and the state — all these trends weaken family functions.
Thus the Cruz amendment turns a Democrat - supported «
increase education» tax plan into a
religion - boosting tax break.