Comments on: Why Does Religiosity Tend to Decline in the Early Adult Years? Christian Smith Answers http://www.scienceandreligiontoday.com/2009/11/02/why-does-religiosity-decline-in-the-early-adult-years-christian-smith-answers/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:26:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tom Rees http://www.scienceandreligiontoday.com/2009/11/02/why-does-religiosity-decline-in-the-early-adult-years-christian-smith-answers/comment-page-1/#comment-1728 Tom Rees Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:51:55 +0000 http://www.scienceandreligiontoday.com/?p=5610#comment-1728 You might be interested in this study, showing a intergenerational decline in religious beliefs in a Californian cohort. Affiliation especially has dropped markedly, whereas average attendance has gone up! This, apparently, is because although fewer young people are going to church, those that still do are going much more frequently. The culture wars in action! Bengtson, V., Copen, C., Putney, N., & Silverstein, M. (2009). A Longitudinal Study of the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion International Sociology, 24 (3), 325-345 You might be interested in this study, showing a intergenerational decline in religious beliefs in a Californian cohort. Affiliation especially has dropped markedly, whereas average attendance has gone up! This, apparently, is because although fewer young people are going to church, those that still do are going much more frequently. The culture wars in action!

Bengtson, V., Copen, C., Putney, N., & Silverstein, M. (2009). A Longitudinal Study of the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion International Sociology, 24 (3), 325-345

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