There's an interesting article out from the the Associated Press that says fewer Americans are willing to identify with any given religion.
Although the article seems heavily biased towards evaluating those within the "Christian" spectrum of religious life, although they do touch on the percentages of other faith systems. The report put out by The Program on Public Values at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn, makes some interesting findings.
"In 2008, Christians comprised 76 percent of U.S. adults, compared to about 77 percent in 2001 and about 86 percent in 1990. Researchers said the dwindling ranks of mainline Protestants, including Methodists,Lutherans and Episcopalians, largely explains the shift. Over the last seven years, mainline Protestants dropped from just over 17 percent to 12.9 percent of the population."
"The study also found signs of a growing influence of churches that either don't belong to a denomination or play down their membership in a religious group."
"Respondents who called themselves "non-denominational Christian" grew from 0.1 percent in 1990 to 3.5 percent last year."
It's an interesting article. You can read it here.
What are you thoughts?
Peace,
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