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Is traditional American religion doomed?Traditional religion in the United States has suffered huge losses in recent decades. The number of Americans identifying as not religious has increased remarkably. Religious affiliation, service attendance, and belief in God have declined. More and more people claim to be spiritual but not religious. Religious organizations have been reeling from revelations of sexual and financial scandals and cover-ups. Public trust in organized religion has declined significantly. Crucially, these religious losses are concentrated among younger generations. This means that, barring unlikely religious revivals among youth, the losses will continue and accelerate in time, as less-religious younger Americans replace older more-religious ones and increasingly fewer American children are raised by religious parents. All this is clear. But what is less clear is exactly why this is happening. We know a lot more about the fact that traditional American religion has d

Why Religion Went Obsolete

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      Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
      Published 1 July 2025
      ISBN-13 9780197800737
      978-0197800737
      ISBN-10 0197800734
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      Religion and politics

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      Book Synopsis
      Is traditional American religion doomed?Traditional religion in the United States has suffered huge losses in recent decades. The number of Americans identifying as not religious has increased remarkably. Religious affiliation, service attendance, and belief in God have declined. More and more people claim to be spiritual but not religious. Religious organizations have been reeling from revelations of sexual and financial scandals and cover-ups. Public trust in organized religion has declined significantly. Crucially, these religious losses are concentrated among younger generations. This means that, barring unlikely religious revivals among youth, the losses will continue and accelerate in time, as less-religious younger Americans replace older more-religious ones and increasingly fewer American children are raised by religious parents. All this is clear. But what is less clear is exactly why this is happening. We know a lot more about the fact that traditional American religion has d

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