A new Pew study finds that America's Christian majority has been shrinking for years — and if recent trends continue, Christians could make up less than half of the U.S. population within a few decades.
A new study modeled four scenarios for how religious affiliation could change in the U.S., and it projected that the percentage of people with no religious affiliation will rise.A new study modeled four scenarios for how religious affiliation could change in the U.S., and it projected that the percentage of people with no religious affiliation will rise.Eliza Campbell had spent her entire life as a practicing member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Eliza Campbell said she started thinking about disaffiliating from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around age 20, but it took years to formally leave the church.Eliza Campbell said she started thinking about disaffiliating from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around age 20, but it took years to formally leave the church.She is one of a growing number of Americans who were raised Christian but are disaffiliating from the religion.
The study modeled four scenarios for how religious affiliation could change, and in every case it found a sharp drop in Christianity. "Other people point out that affiliation really started to drop in the '90s. And it may not be a coincidence that this coincides with the rise of the religious right and more associations between Christianity and conservative political ideology."For Campbell, conflict between the teachings of her faith and her own personal identity and values were at the core of her decision to leave.
Importantly, Kramer said,"religiously unaffiliated" is not synonymous with atheist, as the term also includes those who identify as"agnostic,""spiritual" or"nothing in particular." "I don't think it's surprising. I think it's a product of modern comforts. I think when life is good, when it's better, you know, religion is just not as important."
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