The state of Christianity in America -- Demographic transition: what we know -- Economic and technological causes of demographic transition -- Cultural causes of demographic transition -- Why people abandon Christianity -- Family patterns and denominational decline -- Diversity, devotion, and politics: other explanations for denominational decline -- Denominational divides in American history and today -- The Roman Catholic Church -- Baptists -- Methodists -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Lutherans -- Presbyterians -- Episcopalians -- Pentecostals -- Conclusion.
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