Why You’re Probably Not Going to Church this Christmas

An episode of the The Final Service podcast, hosted by Mateo Schimpf, titled "Why You’re Probably Not Going to Church this Christmas" was published on December 23, 2024 and runs 52 minutes.

December 23, 2024 ·52m · The Final Service

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100,000, that’s the estimated number of Protestant churches that will close in the U.S… not by 2050, but five years from now. What some scholars are calling “The Great De-churching” is already well under way, and the exodus is accelerating.

This week, Ray Suarez speaks with Ryan Burge, professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, about why non-religious people and atheists are on the rise, and whether religion can still play a role in American society.

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