America's Becoming Less Religious. Is Politics to Blame?
What is really driving the declining influence of religion in the U.S.
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What is really driving the declining influence of religion in the U.S.
DALLAS — Nelson Smith cares for his church and its people as much as he cares for his own home and family, he said. So when he got the call
DALLAS -- Nelson Smith cares for his church and its people as much as he cares for his own home and family, he said. So when he got the call last August that it was vandalized for the second time in two months, he drove there straightaway.
When Andre Audette first arrived at Notre Dame for grad school, he got a brochure about living in South Bend, Indiana. That brochure included a section on churches and advice on which Catholic parish to attend if you were conservative and which to attend if you were liberal. While Audette ignored the brochure’s advice—choosing a different parish altogether—the link between
Less than half of American adults pray daily as church membership continues to decline and the ranks of the religiously unaffiliated swells, according to a study published by the Pew Research Center.