Thursday, February 1, 2018

Generational turnover and religious affiliation



Are White Evangelicals Sacrificing The Future In Search Of The Past?  (FiveThirtyEight, 1/24/2018)
The driver behind much of this change is “generational turnover.” And so a chasm has emerged between the views of these young people and white evangelical Protestants. A PRRI survey found that 83 percent of the latter believe that sex is morally acceptable only between a man and a woman who are married, but this view is held among only 30 percent of all young adults. For many young people, white evangelical Protestants in the 21st century appear to be advocating a mid-20th century approach to sex, relationships and marriage, even as American society resembles life during this period less and less.

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