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Religion is For Older People, Right? How Age Impacts Religion at the County Level
Religion is For Older People, Right? How Age Impacts Religion at the County Level

(ANALYSIS) I was talking to someone who works in the nursing home industry a couple of weeks ago, and she said a term that I had never heard: “the silver tsunami.” It’s the demographic reality facing the United States and most other industrialized countries — that the population is getting a heck of a lot older.

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AnalysisRyan BurgeRyan Burge, Graphs about Religion, Religion data, Data journalism, Decline of Christianity, Religion demographics, Demographic shifts, Silver tsunami Comment
How Many People Leave Their Childhood Religion?
How Many People Leave Their Childhood Religion?

(ANALYSIS) Religious switching is a fascinating topic. It’s happening every single day, thousands of times. Without any fanfare or big declarations, people leave religion behind or chose a different faith when taking a survey. And yet we only have a very basic understanding of the mechanisms that make all that happen.

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AnalysisRyan BurgeGraphs about Religion, Ryan Burge, Religion statistics, Religion data, Data journalism, Decline of religion, Decline of Christianity, Losing religion, Religious switchingComment
Religion Shapes Morals Even For Those Who Are Not Religious
Religion Shapes Morals Even For Those Who Are Not Religious

In a 2019 survey, 44% of Americans – along with 45% of people across 34 nations – said that belief in God is necessary “to be moral and have good values.” So what happens to a person’s morality and values when they lose faith?

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