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Decline of Christianity In U.S. Continues at Rapid Pace

October 17, 2019 at 11:32 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Pew Research survey finds 65% of American adults describe themselves as Christians when asked about their religion, down 12 percentage points over the past decade.

Meanwhile, the religiously unaffiliated share of the population, consisting of people who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular,” now stands at 26%, up from 17% in 2009.

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