As more people in the United States and elsewhere leave their religious faith, a key question emerges: Do their political views change as well? A new multi-part study provides insight into the political transformations that can accompany religious de-identification.

A new study reveals that personality traits like anxiety and irritability are linked to liberal beliefs in young Americans. This association was not found in older cohorts or in international samples outside the United States.

Americans who leave Christianity adopt more progressive political views than those raised entirely without religion. A new study links this leftward shift to the amount of social threat these individuals perceive from conservative religious groups.