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Will the Pandemic Accelerate Secularization, Privatization of Religion?

Will the Pandemic Accelerate Secularization, Privatization of Religion?

Baylor historian Philip Jenkins predicts that in the people will think about church in terms of “BC…Before Coronavirus,” and after.

The key factor in Jenkin’s fascinating analysis is what we might call “pre-existing conditions.” In other words, in many ways, the coronavirus hasn’t so much created problems for the Church as it has revealed and accelerated them.

U.S. Is Still 'Exceptionally' Religious Compared to Other Countries, New Study Shows

U.S. Is Still 'Exceptionally' Religious Compared to Other Countries, New Study Shows

A new study shows that despite the decline in religiosity in America, the United States is still one of the most religious countries in the world.

Religiously Active People Are Happier than Others, Pew Research Center Finds

Religiously Active People Are Happier than Others, Pew Research Center Finds
A Pew research study has found that people who are regularly religiously active are happier and more engaged in civic matters than people who are religiously unaffiliated or religiously inactive.

Where Is Christianity Headed? The View from 2019

Where Is Christianity Headed? The View from 2019
As 2019 begins, the world is becoming more religious, not less. Faith from diverse traditions grows as population expands throughout most of the Global South. Last year, nearly 50 million more Christians were added in Africa, making it the continent with the most adherents to Christianity in the world, 631 million.

Why Millennials are Really Leaving Religion (it’s Not Just Politics)

Why Millennials are Really Leaving Religion (it’s Not Just Politics)
No one can deny that religion has fallen on hard times. Four in 10 younger millennials (18-29) are nones, which is four times what it was in the 1980s. In fact, the fastest-growing religion in America is … no religion at all.

Losing Their Religion: Younger Adults are Less Religious, and Not Only in the US

Losing Their Religion: Younger Adults are Less Religious, and Not Only in the US
There are few spots around the world where parents don’t have to drag their young adult children to worship: Ghana, a predominantly Christian county is one; Chad, a predominantly Muslim country, is another.