Peter Levine is a professor of citizenship and public affairs at Tufts University and is the director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. His most recent book is We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For: The Promise of Civic Renewal in America.
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If Millennials Leave Religion, Then What?
04-21-2014
Peter Levine. Photo courtesy of Peter Levine.
As the Pew Research Center recently found, today’s young people are “less likely than older generations to be affiliated with any religion.” The question is whether this trend is a good thing or a bad thing.
If you are a person of faith, you may worry about the souls of these “millennials,” the generation born after 1980. If you are a critic of organized religion, you may rejoice.