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====Australia==== Prior to [[World War II]], Australia had high rates of Protestantism and Catholicism. Post-war Australia has become a highly [[Secularization|secular]]ised country. [[Donald Horne]], one of Australia's well-known [[public intellectuals]], believed rising prosperity in post-war Australia influenced the decline in church-going and general lack of interest in religion. "Churches no longer matter very much to most Australians. If there is a happy eternal life it's for everyone ... For many Australians the pleasures of this life are sufficiently satisfying that religion offers nothing of great appeal", said Horne in his landmark work ''[[The Lucky Country]]'' (1964).<ref name=horne>Buttrose, Larry. [https://archive.today/20121216012210/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26024094-7583,00.html Sport, grog and godliness], ''[[The Australian]]''. Retrieved on 11 September 2009.</ref>
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