US EditionWhat Happens When Americans Stop Going to Church
- Despite declining church attendance in the South and Midwest, these regions have become even more Republican and Christian nationalist, contrary to expectations. People hold onto their political views even when they stop attending church.
- Christian nationalism attracts many adherents who rarely go to church themselves, with only 54% of Christian nationalists attending church regularly. This ideology is likely to remain strong even as church attendance declines.
- When people leave church, they often still identify as Christians and retain theologically orthodox beliefs. Without a church community, the nation's political system becomes their church, resulting in polarization and the application of their values in the political sphere with evangelical zeal.
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A new report published by The Unstuck Group has found that while church attendance in the U.S. appears to have recovered from the pandemic, engagement is still down.
A new report published by The Unstuck Group has found that while church attendance in the U.S. appears to have recovered from the pandemic, engagement is still down.
America’s on again, off again relationship with God
If religion in America were bought and sold like a stock, now might be a good time to short it in a big way. In recent weeks and months, a number of pundits have declared that the American love affair with organized religion — and Christianity in particular
What Happens When Americans Stop Going to Church
Daniel Williams: “Millions of Americans are leaving church, never to return, and it would be easy to think that this will make the country more secular and possibly more liberal. After all, that is what happened in Northern and Western Europe in the 1960s: A younger generation quit going to Anglican, Lutheran, or Catholic churches and embraced a liberal, secular pluralism that shaped European politics for the rest of the 20th century and beyond.…
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