Secularisation in america

• What percentage of church attendance was suggested by the opinion poll?

  40%
• What did Hadaway and his team find regarding church attendance?

  Attendance did not match the poll estimates
• Where did Hadaway and his team study church attendance?

  Ohio
• What methods did Hadaway use to estimate church attendance?

  Heaps counts and interviews
• What was the trend in opinion polls until the 1970s?

  They matched church estimates
• What does Bruce conclude about self-reported attendance rates?

  They hide a decline in actual attendance
• How has American religion changed according to Bruce?

  It has adapted to modern secular activities
• What role has religion taken on in America according to the text?

  It has become a form of therapy
• What shift has occurred in the focus of religion in America?

  From seeking salvation to personal improvement
• How have churchgoers changed according to the text?

  They are now less strict
• What has contributed to secularization from within according to the text?

  Growth of religious diversity
• What trend did Bruce observe among American Christians?

  Acceptance of practical relativism
• What percentage of young churchgoers agreed with the statement in 1924?

  94%
• What percentage of young churchgoers agreed with the statement in 1977?

  41%
• What is practical relativism?

  Diversity within religion is accepted
• What is erosion of absolutism?

  Acceptance of differing views undermines absolute truth
• What criticism is made about the view of religion's decline?

  It ignores the growth of other religions
• What does "believing without belonging" refer to?

  Believers who do not attend church
• What is stated about religion's decline globally?

  Religion hasn't declined globally