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Changes in religious thought and institutions Revival of Christianity—1914 Before 1914, Christianity had been on decline. With the rise of science, Protestants tried to interpret passages in the bible figuratively so it wouldn’t contradict with science. However, after 1914, Christianity had a comeback after the horrors of the war as well as uncertainty and anxiety led to a comeback of religion. The leading Catholic existentialist thinker was Gabriel Marcel, who found the church as the answer for the “broken” post-war world. Meanwhile poets and authors such as C.S. Lewis and T.S. Eliot revived Christianity in literature. This relates to the topic because it showed a change from secularism and the abandonment of religion to a revival of Christianity after World War I.  McKay, John P. __A History of Western Society__. 7th ed. New York City: Houghton Mifflin, 2003.