Translation of "tilbakegang" into English

Dette bidrog uten tvil til en tragisk tilbakegang i folks åndelighet.

Doubtless, this practice contributed to a tragic decline in spirituality.

Men så, like plutselig som når mørket kommer i tropene, opplevde de tilbakegang i stedet for økning.

But then, as swiftly as darkness in the tropics overtakes daylight, decrease replaced increase.

Enhver av disse misjonsbølgene har imidlertid hatt både tilbakegang og framgang.

Yet each of these three missionary waves has had its recessions as well as its advances.

Det endelige bevis for kristendommens tilbakegang er at den blir mer og mer livsfjern.»

The final measure of Christianity’s retreat is its increasing irrelevancy to life.”