Americans Losing Confidence in Organized Religion
by Peter Graham on Jun 13, 2013 | Views: 112 | Score: 0
Church/Organized Religion | |
---|---|
1973 | 66 |
1975 | 68 |
1977 | 64 |
1979 | 65 |
1981 | 64 |
1983 | 62 |
1984 | 64 |
1985 | 66 |
1986 | 57 |
1987 | 61 |
1988 | 59 |
1989 | 52 |
1990 | 56 |
1991 | 59 |
1993 | 53 |
1994 | 54 |
1995 | 57 |
1996 | 57 |
1997 | 56 |
1998 | 59 |
1999 | 58 |
2000 | 56 |
2001 | 60 |
2002 | 45 |
2003 | 50 |
2004 | 53 |
2005 | 53 |
2006 | 52 |
2007 | 46 |
2008 | 48 |
2009 | 52 |
2010 | 48 |
2011 | 48 |
2012 | 44 |
2013 | 48 |
Sources:
gallup.com
Americans' confidence in organized religion had slowly been deteriorating since the early 1970s, though not significantly until after September 11th, when it dropped 15 percentage points in one year. It has not yet come close to recovering to pre-9/11 levels.