Decline in Religious Affiliation

Daniel Cox and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux report that millennials are leaving religion . The writers cite several influences, and one is self-fulfilling prophecy:

whether people are religious is increasingly tied to — and even driven by — their political identities. For years, the Christian conservative movement has warned about a tide of rising secularism, but research has suggested that the strong association between religion and the Republican Party may actually be fueling this divide. (para. 11)

-DD