Eric Kaufmann on How Demography Is Enhancing Religious Fundamentalism

"There's a belief, often amongst political scientists and social scientists, that demography is somehow passive and that it doesn't really matter," said Eric Kaufmann, author of Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth: Demography and Politics in the 21st Century and professor at Birkbeck College, University of London in this interview with ECSP. "Part of the message of this book is that demography can lead to social and political change."

"In this case what I'm looking at is the way that demography can change the religious landscape," Kaufmann said. "It can actually enhance the power of religion, especially religious fundamentalism in societies throughout the world."

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