A ruling class that is "religiously illiterate" cannot lead in
the 21st century – Tony Blair – Vatican Insider  July 1 2011,
9:28pm  Thanks to jel for the link.   According to the Blair
Faith Foundation, "though many Enlightenment thinkers assumed
that religion and faith were on the wane, to be inevitably
replaced by rational, scientific insight, this theory looks
increasingly implausible today. Rather than Europe leading the
way, it is now clearly the exception to the rule. The world is
becoming more religious". How do you explain this trend? The
point is that though the aspect of religion that sometimes
wrongly seems to mirror superstition, is on the decline; the
aspect of Faith that is about creating a basis of moral guidance
for life, is very much still with us. Moreover, people do not
see that basis as coming from humanity alone, but reflecting the
will of a Higher Being. Yet the empirical evidence as to how
people view Faith today, is hard to come by.We really need
accurate qualitatitive and quantitativ