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The dispute is about where all these trends eventually point to. Where may they ultimately lead in regard to the coming years? And how can they be steered in a productive direction?
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Benedikter, R. (2022). A Decisive Question in the Eyes of Many: Toward More Explicit or More Implicit Religion?. In: Religion in the Age of Re-Globalization. Culture and Religion in International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80857-0_15
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