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But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.

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Alan Hirsch
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 24
Author
Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
Long
Decline
Cultural
Western
Christianity
Herein
Lies
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Term
Identify
Lying
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Every
Context

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