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 Les<\/a> points to a new, massive Pew Research report on the state of religion in the US<\/a>. Bottom line: it’s a diverse picture, and getting moreso over time. A few highlights:<\/p>\n

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More than one-quarter of American adults (28%) have left the faith in which they were raised in favor of another religion — or no religion at all. If change in affiliation from one type of Protestantism to another is included, roughly 44% of adults have either switched religious affiliation, moved from being unaffiliated with any religion to being affiliated with a particular faith, or dropped any connection to a specific religious tradition altogether.<\/p>\n

The survey finds that the number of people who say they are unaffiliated with any particular faith today (16.1%) is more than double the number who say they were not affiliated with any particular religion as children. Among Americans ages 18-29, one-in-four say they are not currently affiliated with any particular religion.<\/p>\n

[…] The Landscape Survey confirms that the United States is on the verge of becoming a minority Protestant country; the number of Americans who report that they are members of Protestant denominations now stands at barely 51%. Moreover, the Protestant population is characterized by significant internal diversity and fragmentation, encompassing hundreds of different denominations loosely grouped around three fairly distinct religious traditions — evangelical Protestant churches (26.3% of the overall adult population), mainline Protestant churches (18.1%) and historically black Protestant churches (6.9%).<\/p>\n

[…] While those Americans who are unaffiliated with any particular religion have seen the greatest growth in numbers as a result of changes in affiliation, Catholicism has experienced the greatest net losses as a result of affiliation changes. While nearly one-in-three Americans (31%) were raised in the Catholic faith, today fewer than one-in-four (24%) describe themselves as Catholic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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It’s an interesting picture. I don’t think of it as alarming, nor am I particularly thrilled by it. Diversity, changes in the younger demographic, etc., all point to some serious social changes over the next decade or two — hopefully one that involves respect for others (and a willingness to learn), rather than sectarian strife and demonization of the (un)believers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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