An opinion piece published by BusinessWorld asks whether secularism has reached a dead end, pointing to the success of Evangelical Christians in placing a "demented human" as President of the United States as a symptom of broader trends.
The article traces the roots of this shift to the 1960s and 1970s, when "Born Again" cohorts proliferated in the American heartlands. The term "Born Again," the author notes, uses the metaphor of rebirth and has remained a stubbornly stable definition within Evangelical circles.
The piece suggests that the political ascent of Evangelical Christianity signals a potential end to secular dominance, raising questions about the future of secularism in democratic societies.