It's no secret that religion in America is on a steady decline. According to a recent PEW survey, about 20 percent can be classified as "Nones" — Americans who claim to be unaffiliated with any particular religion, or identify as an atheist or agnostic. That's an increase from 2007, when the religiously unaffiliated numbered just 15 percent of the US population. Seeing these numbers, some religious leaders bemoan what they see as the secularization of America.
But new research from Carnegie Mellon University might add a surprising context to these numbers.
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