See part one in this series, Why Is Christianity on Decline in America?
Ross Douthat's Bad Religion attributes Christianity's decline in the United States to:
1. political polarization that has sucked churches into its vortex;
2. the sexual revolution that has undermined the plausibility of Christian faith and practice for an entire generation;
3. globalization that has made the exclusive claims of Christianity seem highly oppressive;
4. materialism and consumerism that undermines commitment to anything higher than the self; and
5. alienation of the cultural elites and culture-shaping institutions from Christianity.
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