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Turchin identifies the driving force behind waves of globalization as "secular cycles" of integration and disintegration that individual societies go through, which can become synchronized by shared experiences such as pandemics.

Some agree that a general law mandating people of all religions to be part of boards that run religious institutions is not a bad idea - as it would make processes more secular.

As the United States has become more progressive and secular — at the same time congregations are shrinking and aging — Christians have lost much of their cultural power, leaving many to feel under assault, Hankins said.

“As an interfaith family, we expect our children to receive their secular education in public school and their religious education at home and within our faith communities, not from government officials.”

In Rome in the 1960s, the Vatican loomed large over the city, its streets intermingling with the secular neighborhoods around it.