As the powerful hand of religion loses its influence over politics, culture, and the economy in the West and the East (emphasized by the anti-homophobia ruling from India’s highest court), religious people pining for the “days of yore” are wont to look at the so-called Global South with wistfulness, envying our position as the last stand of “righteousness” across the world.
Many conservative Christians, especially, look to Africa with its increasing number of churches, frenzied open-air crusades and religion-driven policy making, and breathe a sigh of relief that their faith still matters somewhere.
I am happy to report to them, though, that their relief is misguided.
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