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CNLP 624 | Ryan Burge On The Rise of the Nones, Christianity as a Luxury Good, The Threat To Democracy With the Decline in Religion, And Why The Nones Are Very Reachable

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

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America's Religious History

  • America was never as religious as many believe.
  • Only 17% of Americans were part of a religious tradition during the American Revolution.
  • Church attendance was lower than the percentage of women who gave birth less than nine months after marriage.
  • Cultural religiosity, not necessarily evangelical religiosity, peaked in the 1950s.
  • The perception of America's religious past is often romanticized.
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