A recent Pew Research Center post, drawing on a global Nature Communications study, maps out how religious engagement has diminished across generations in 111 countries between 2008 and 2023. The research identifies a consistent three-stage pattern—coined the Participation-Importance-Belonging (P-I-B) sequence—whereby religious decline tends to unfold first in reduced participation (such as worship services), then in lessening personal importance of religion, and finally in a decline in formal religious affiliation.
From 2010 to 2020, at least 35 countries saw a drop of 5 percentage points or more in the share of populations identifying with any religion; in Australia and Chile, the decline was 17 points, in Uruguay 16, and in the U.S. 13 . These patterns demonstrate how, across diverse cultural contexts, shifts in religious engagement tend to initiate with more visible practices before affecting identity and affiliation.
For readers who’d like to explore the full report and its data, here’s the original article from the Pew Research Center.
Source: https://iskconnews.org/generational-patterns-reveal-how-religion-is-declining-worldwide/
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