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 r
