Theology supplies marginalized groups with the self-assurance that secular cultures cannot muster

Evidence

In contrast to an ideology that renders a post-Christian Europe defenseless against radical demographic change, Muslims possess a self-assured worldview, drawing heavily on a compelling and still-vibrant theology. What European government agencies will see as failure to integrate, Muslims will see as resilience against a failing, if still dogmatic, secularism. This equips them to assert themselves, especially as against a Europe adrift. — Michael A. Reynolds and Thomas D. Grant, The Future of Europe and Its Muslims, 131

Categorization

• SEED: Essay angle: the same ‘failure to integrate’ can be reframed from either side as resilience or defection.
• XREF: Echoes the Islamophobia-and-the-novel material on faith performativity versus secular assimilation narratives.