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Why Religion Went Obsolete

The Demise of Traditional Faith in America
  • Christian Smith
2025
Oxford University Press

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Abandoned church in Coaldale, Pennsylvania, with an American flag hanging upside down over its door.
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The Decline and Fall of Christianity in America

If we imagine religion as a technology, argues Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith, we can better see the cause of its decline: obsolescence.
by Daniel N. Gullotta via The Bulwark on July 1, 2025
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