Decline of Christianity slows in US but future among the young looks bleak: study

Despite a consistent decline in the share of adults in the United States who identified as Christians over the last 17 years, the trend appears to have slowed in the last five years of a long-term Pew Research study.

The slowdown may not last, however, as other data from Pew's third Religious Landscape Study shows America's youngest adults are significantly more likely to be unaffiliated with religion than their older counterparts, suggesting potential future declines in the "American religious landscape." 

With more than 36,000 respondents in the 2023-24 edition, the Religious Landscape Study is the largest single survey Pew Research Center conducts. It paints a religious portrait...