2. I think this is obvious in religion. Islam means submission to the will of Allah, and Roman Catholics submit to the Church. “Religion” derives, in part, from the Latin “to bind fast”. It places a person under authority; it is this absence that destroys many under modernity.
1. Yes, true. But the assertion of being “fast growing” or “fastest growing” usually derives from research based on statistics making that claim. I would say, for example, Islam is the fastest growing religion in the UK—based on personal observation. But that is rarely reported.
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2. So, regarding Pentecostalism and Evagelicalism, I would go from experience. I meet many Muslims and see many Muslim children in primary schools. I meet few Pentecostals or Evangelicals (and see mosques being built, but not Evangelical/Pentecostal centres).
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I don't doubt that your observations are true of the UK. I do not spend much time there. My hunch is, though, that if there is *any* growth in Christianity in the UK, it will be found in Pentecostalism and Evangelicalism.
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The state, being technocratic liberal, takes every opportunity to frustrate these groups, because they are the rival religious sects most close to it. Growth is unlikely.
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Unlikely in the UK, as it is currently ethnically constituted, yes.
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My point is merely that, as I see it, Evangelical and Pentecostal versions of Protestantism do not share the undeniably decadent features of the so-called "mainline" Protestant denominations. Which suggests, at least, that these are not characteristics of Protestantism per se.
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