God is Back: How the Global Rise of Faith is Changing the World

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'This urgently relevant book succeeds triumphantly in demolishing the myth of an emerging secular civilization' John Gray, New Statesman As the world becomes more modern, it is not becoming more secular. Instead, on the street and in the corridors of power, religion is surging. As God is Back shows, for better or for worse, faith is on the increase - fuelled by an American-style model of personal, customer-driven, aggressively marketed religion. Shining a light on this huge, hidden world of faith, from Californian megachurches to exorcisms in Sao Paulo, from China's aspirant middle-class Christians to mosques in Nigeria, this book shows that if you want to understand the modern world, you cannot afford to ignore God - whether you believe in Him or not.

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John Micklethwait is the editor of the Economist and Adrian Wooldridge is its Washington bureau chief. They have written four previous books together- The Company- A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea, A Future Perfect- The Challenge and Promise of Globalization, The Witchdoctors- Making Sense of the Management Gurus and The Right Nation- Why America is Different.