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Review
Has Faith Gone Out of Fashion?
A symposium on Christian Smith’s book Why Religion Went Obsolete.
Review
The What and the Why of Religious Decline
One is relatively simple to map out. The other is much harder to capture.
Review
Young Nones Might Not Hate Religion. But They Don’t Like the Vibes.
How Christian Smith’s concept of a “Millennial Zeitgeist” helps explain their recent retreat from faith.
Review
The Upside to Religious Obsolescence
Why a post-Christian generation might be the ripest for revival.
The Key Lesson of My Book: Don’t Underestimate ‘Deep Culture’
Christian Smith responds to CT’s reviews of Why Religion Went Obsolete.
Borrowing Faith When Doubt Creeps In
The certainty of another believer can guide us back to the truth.
News
Pew: America Is Spiritual but Not Religious
Researchers expect further declines in Christianity, but some young-adult ministers see revival brewing.
Finding a (Real) Christian College
A professor explains why examining a school’s doctrinal statement isn’t enough.
News
Black Americans Who Leave Church Don’t Go Far
How their disaffiliation stands to have a bigger impact on their communities and why leaders are hopeful they’ll come back.
News
Why Evangelicals Aren’t Afraid of Being Outnumbered by Nones
Church leaders believe Christ still offers the answers that the religiously unaffiliated are looking for, even if religious baggage is driving them away.