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Americans who leave their Christian faith behind tend to hold more liberal political views than those who were raised entirely without religion. This leftward ideological shift appears closely linked to how threatening these individuals perceive conservative…
✝️ A new study published in The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics finds that Americans who leave Christianity tend to adopt more liberal political views compared to those raised without religion.
🗳️ This ideological shift among former Christians is strongly linked to how threatening they perceive conservative Christian groups to be, with increased perceived threat correlating with more liberal political stances.
📊 Researchers Ayse Busra Topal (University of California Riverside) and Spencer Kiesel (University of Cincinnati) analyzed data from the 2020 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey, focusing on over 3,500 respondents who identified as nonreligious.
📈 The study indicates that former Christians showed elevated support for progressive policies, including abortion access, criminal justice reform, and immigration policies, with these views aligning more closely with liberal politics than those of lifelong nonbelievers.
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🗳️ This ideological shift among former Christians is strongly linked to how threatening they perceive conservative Christian groups to be, with increased perceived threat correlating with more liberal political stances.
📊 Researchers Ayse Busra Topal (University of California Riverside) and Spencer Kiesel (University of Cincinnati) analyzed data from the 2020 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey, focusing on over 3,500 respondents who identified as nonreligious.
📈 The study indicates that former Christians showed elevated support for progressive policies, including abortion access, criminal justice reform, and immigration policies, with these views aligning more closely with liberal politics than those of lifelong nonbelievers.
#Secularization #PoliticalTrends #Exvangelical
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Moving away from organized religion appears to be linked to declining birth rates in modern societies. An analysis from Finland reveals that a drop in state church membership is associated with the continuing trend of couples having fewer children. Read Full…
👶 Research from Finland suggests a link between declining organized religion and falling birth rates. The study, published in Social Science Research, analyzed data from 1995-2019 and found that couples where both partners were church members had the highest rate of having children.
💰 The analysis revealed that the birth rate among state church members remained higher than non-members throughout the study period, and this gap widened over time. When partners were religiously unaffiliated, birth rates dropped sharply.
📈 A counterfactual simulation indicated that the loss of church membership accounted for a measurable portion of the decline in couples having their first child. However, researchers note secularization is only one part of a larger picture, with economic uncertainty and shifting personal preferences also contributing to global fertility decline.
#Demographics #BirthRates #Secularization
💰 The analysis revealed that the birth rate among state church members remained higher than non-members throughout the study period, and this gap widened over time. When partners were religiously unaffiliated, birth rates dropped sharply.
📈 A counterfactual simulation indicated that the loss of church membership accounted for a measurable portion of the decline in couples having their first child. However, researchers note secularization is only one part of a larger picture, with economic uncertainty and shifting personal preferences also contributing to global fertility decline.
#Demographics #BirthRates #Secularization