Secularization

“A national survey released by HarrisX and the Faith & Media Initiative found that 77% of viewers agree that faith in TV and movies has broad appeal—with consistent support from Gen Z (79%), millennials (83%), Gen X (78%) and baby boomers (72%).” - Relevant

“Based on some specific findings and anecdotal evidence, many have purported that young adults are experiencing a religious revival. While Pew allows that some changes may be taking place that have yet to be captured in national surveys, they say there is ‘no clear evidence that this kind of nationwide religious resurgence is underway.’” - Baptist Press

“ ‘How do we console ourselves?’ wondered Nietzsche some 143 years ago. For an increasing number of young Westerners, the answer appears to be: ‘By bringing God back from the dead.’” - Acton

“…the percentage of U.S. adults who say religion is an important part of their daily lives has fallen from 66% in 2015 to 49% today. This 17-point decline ranks among the largest declines in religiosity Gallup has recorded in any country over a 10-year period since 2007.” - CPost

“In social science, it’s relatively easy to explain what is happening….But once you describe the what, it’s natural to begin wondering about the why.” - C.Today

“the percentage of Americans with no religion has leveled off…. this hardly means that the ‘nones,’ or their impact on American life, are going away. In fact, their sheer size makes it likely that they will increase in political prominence.” - The Conversation

“Evangelical rage makes for great TV; infantile evangelical leaders coming unhinged attract a lot of clicks. It is thus no surprise that the bulk of media attention has been trained on evangelical fits of outrage, victimhood, and lament over the emergence of a post-Christian America.” - Christianity Today

“Secularism is the belief that man does not need God or God’s laws in man’s social, governmental, educational, or economic affairs. Ironically, secularism rejects religion, yet is itself a religion.” - Ligonier

“Among younger adults, for every one person who goes from religiously unaffiliated to affiliating with a religion, there are five people who switch in the opposite direction, toward no religion.” - Public Discourse

“He ought to know that he is playing with fire. When he demands we rechristianize the civil laws, he owes us an account of why our Christian ancestors were wrong for almost a thousand years as they built Western civilization on a natural law tradition that culminated, and logically must culminate, in political liberalism.” - Law & Liberty