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Is traditional American religion doomed?

Traditional religion in the United States has suffered huge losses in recent decades. The number of Americans identifying as "not religious" has increased remarkably. Religious affiliation, service attendance, and belief in God have declined. More and more people claim to be "spiritual but not religious."…

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1 author picked Why Religion Went Obsolete as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Christian’s book doesn’t just chart the decline of faith—it asks the bigger question: what might remain?

Like me, he wrestles with the paradox of caring deeply about spiritual life while no longer buying into the old formulas.

Reading his work expanded my own sense that love, art, and simple acts of grace are the true spiritual inheritance we can still pass down—no matter how loudly the old structures crumble.

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