As the share of those with no religious affiliation continues to grow in the United States, particularly among the young, a recent study released by the Pew Research Center says religious disaffection among younger generations is not just an American problem but a global one.
Regardless of a nation’s economic strength or religious tradition, an analysis of Pew Research Center surveys in 106 countries and territories over the last decade has found religious disaffection to be a common thread among younger adults.
The study found for example that adults younger than 40 are less likely than older adults to say religion is “very important” in their lives. This is true not only in wealthy and relatively secular countries such as Canada, Japan and Switzerland, but also in countries that are less affluent and more religious, such as Iran, Poland and Nigeria, the Pew Research Center said.
While the study also found no statistically significant difference in levels of religious observance between younger and older adults in many countries, it found that whenever there was a difference in religiosity between generations, younger adults were always found to be less religious than older cohorts.
In 46 of the 106 countries studied, adults ages 18 to 39 saw religion as less important than those 40 and over while no statistical difference was found between the cohorts in 58 countries. In the former Soviet republic of Georgia and the West African country of Ghana, however, younger adults were found to be on average more religious than older citizens.
The study also reflected many…
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