A spin on the decline of religion in America [View all]

https://www.sociologicalscience.com/articles-v4-28-686/

Recent research argues that the United States is secularizing, that this religious change is consistent with the secularization thesis, and that American religion is not exceptional. But we show that rather than religion fading into irrelevance as the secularization thesis would suggest, intense religion—strong affiliation, very frequent practice, literalism, and evangelicalism—is persistent and, in fact, only moderate religion is on the decline in the United States.



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So let me get this straight. Not strong affiliation is in decline. No affiliation is on the rise. Strong affiliation is flat-lining. I come to a different conclusion than they do.