Gen Z finding (or rejecting) religion

Austin Cross, AirTalk, 3/3/23 (LAist); Sheldon S., Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Fail! I'm tired of this bullsh*t church service and that patriarch telling us what to believe.

Say a little prayer for Gen Z: How young folks are finding (or moving away from) religion

How to Know God (Patanjali)

For more than two weeks in February, Christian college Asbury University hosted a round-the-clock [Christian] religious revival, making headlines (washingtonpost.com) across the world and inspiring other colleges to host revivals of their own.

But wait a minute, aren’t Zoomers (Gen Z members) supposed to be less religious? While there is a general trend towards disaffiliation from religion, digging into the data paints a more complicated picture of a generation [an artificial demographic segmentation in the US by age] in flux.

How has living in a time of tremendous social change influenced Gen Z’s attitudes towards religion --organized or otherwise? And within this generation, how does religious feeling differ between certain groups?

What if I tone down the smiting, Sinners?

Joining in to answer these questions and more are Director Daniel A. Cox of the Survey Center on American Life and a senior fellow in polling and public opinion at the American Enterprise Institute, and Executive Director Richard Flory of the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture.

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