Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Old Time Religion

I am curious about religious trends in this country and it isn't easy to find good information about it.

I imagine that for quite a long time cultural/ethnic identity was difficult to separate from the religion which was attached to it, but as "white ethnics" become increasingly detached from their roots the religion stuff starts to get chucked out the window. That's my good enough for a blog post theory, anyway.

I don't believe 41% of people in this country are regular churchgoers, though of course that could be an "I don't know anybody who voted for Nixon" thing. Curious what the real number is.