Religious Trends

“Over half of all Welsh age 45 and younger have no religious identity” - CPost

“The study gathered data in early December from 3,227 15- to 25-year-olds and 1,036 adults aged 26 and older through online surveys.” - CPost

“The rising demand for ayahuasca has led to hundreds of churches like this one…protected from prosecution by a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court ruling. In that case, a New Mexico branch of a Brazilian-based ayahuasca church won the right to use the drug as a sacrament” - RNS

“Data from The Open Generation: United States… show that U.S. teens are largely interested in learning more about Jesus throughout their life.” - Barna

“three out of four (74%) say they want to grow spiritually. Additionally, the same proportion (77%) say they believe in a higher power.” - Barna

“The book is called Nonverts: The Making of Ex-Christian America, by a British sociologist named Stephen Bullivant. It’s not just an important book, it’s the best-written and most readable work of religious sociology that I’ve read in a very long time.” - David French

“…nons? They’re nondenominational Protestants whose local congregations are wholly self-governing and independent of traditional denominations” - GetReligion

“In 2020, the British Social Attitudes Survey used a more precise question about Christianity…. In that survey, 53% of UK respondents claimed no religion and only 37% claimed Christianity” - CPost

“Several million people did not randomly, suddenly have several million individual changes of heart in the space of 40-odd years. Kudos to Bullivant for his cultural history, summarized in six clear statements at the end of the chapter.” - CToday

“Fewer than half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian, according to the most recent census — the first time a minority of the population has followed the country’s official religion.” - RNS