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For many Americans, especially non-Christians, the thought that Christian morality can be a useful guide to much of anything is risible, particularly since so many white evangelicals from 2016 forward chose to throw in their lot with a solipsistic American president who bullies, boasts, and sneers. Yet Lewis’s life suggests that religiously inspire
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Finke and Stark estimate the national religious adherence rate to be 17 percent in 1776 with 3,228 congregations and an estimated 242,100 members.5
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
From 1700 to 1776, religious adherence grew in the US from 10 percent to 17 percent.
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
Rates of religious adherence rose significantly between 1776 and 1850, from 17 percent to 34 percent, primarily due to the Second Great Awakening that roughly spanned the fifty-year period from 1790 to 1840.6
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
