Editing Millennials (section)

==Religious beliefs==
{{See also|Detraditionalization|Secularization}}

Millennials often describe themselves as "spiritual but not religious" and will sometimes turn to [[astrology]], [[meditation]] or [[mindfulness]] techniques possibly to seek meaning or a sense of control.<ref name="Goldberg-2020">{{cite magazine |last=Goldberg |first=Jeanne |date=January–February 2020 |title=Millennials And Post-Millennials&nbsp;– Dawning Of A New Age? |url=https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/01/millennials-and-post-millennials-dawning-of-a-new-age/ |magazine=[[Skeptical Inquirer]] |location=Amherst, NY |publisher=[[Center for Inquiry]] |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=42–46 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200621133633/https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/01/european-experts-demand-consistent-proof-of-traditional-chinese-medicine/ |archive-date=21 June 2020 |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> According to 2015 analysis of the [[European Values Study]] in the ''Handbook of Children and Youth Studies'' "the majority of young respondents in Europe claimed that they belonged to a [[Christian denomination]]", and "in most countries, the majority of young people believe in God".<ref name="auto10">{{cite book|title=Handbook of Children and Youth Studies|last1=Vincett|first1=Giselle|last2=Dunlop|first2=Sarah|last3=Sammet|first3=Kornelia|last4=Yendell|first4=Alexander|date=30 January 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-981-4451-15-4|pages=889–902|language=en|chapter=Young People and Religion and Spirituality in Europe: A Complex Picture|doi=10.1007/978-981-4451-15-4_39|chapter-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283633189}}</ref> However, according to the same analysis a "dramatic decline" in religious affiliation among young respondents happened in Great Britain, Sweden, France, Italy and Denmark. By contrast an increase in religious affiliation happened among young respondents in Russia, [[Ukraine]], and [[Romania]].<ref name = "auto10" />

According to a 2013 YouGov poll of almost a thousand Britons between the ages of 18 and 24, 56% said they had never attended a place of worship, other than for a wedding or a funeral. 25% said they believed in God, 19% in a "spiritual greater power" while 38% said they did not believe in God nor any other "greater spiritual power". The poll also found that 14% thought religion was a "cause of good" in the world while 41% thought [[Religion in the United Kingdom|religion]] was "the cause of evil". 34% answered "neither".<ref name="YouGov" /> The [[British Social Attitudes Survey]] found that 71% of British 18–24 year-olds were not religious, with just 3% affiliated to the once-dominant [[Church of England]], and 5% say they are Catholics, and 14% say they belong to other Christian denomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://humanism.org.uk/2017/09/04/latest-british-social-attitudes-reveals-71-of-young-adults-are-non-religious-just-3-are-church-of-england/|title=Latest British Social Attitudes reveals 71% of young adults are non-religious, just 3% are Church of England|date=4 September 2017|work=[[Humanists UK]]|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref>

In the U.S., millennials are the least likely to be religious when compared to older generations.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Twenge|first1=Jean M.|title=The Least Religious Generation|date=27 May 2015 |url=http://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx?sid=75623|access-date=24 June 2015|publisher=San Diego State University}}</ref> There is a trend towards [[irreligion]] that has been increasing since the 1940s.<ref>{{cite web|date=9 October 2012|title="Nones" on the Rise|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2012/10/09/nones-on-the-rise/|access-date=23 August 2014|publisher=[[Pew Research]]}}</ref> According to a 2012 study by Pew Research, 32 percent of Americans aged 18–29 are irreligious, as opposed to 21 percent aged 30–49, 15 percent aged 50–64, and only 9 percent born aged 65 and above.<ref>{{cite web|year=2012|title=Poll: One In Five Americans Aren't Religious – A Huge Spike|url=http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/10/pew-poll-religion.php|work=TPM}}</ref> A 2005 study looked at 1,385 people aged 18 to 25 and found that more than half of those in the study said that they pray regularly before a meal. One-third said that they discussed [[Religion in the United States|religion]] with friends, attended religious services, and read religious material weekly. Twenty-three percent of those studied did not identify themselves as religious practitioners.<ref>{{cite news|date=12 April 2005|title=Generation Y embraces choice, redefines religion|newspaper=[[Washington Times]]|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2005/apr/12/20050412-121457-4149r/|access-date=20 March 2010}}</ref> A 2010 Pew Research Center study on millennials shows that of those between 18 and 29 years old, only 3% of these emerging adults self-identified as "[[Atheism|atheists]]" and only 4% self-identified as "agnostics". While 68% of those between 18 and 29 years old self-identified as "Christians" (43% self-identified as Protestants and 22% self-identified as Catholics). Overall, 25% of millennials are "Nones" and 75% are religiously affiliated.<ref>{{cite web|date=17 February 2010|title=Religion Among the millennials|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2010/02/17/religion-among-the-millennials/|access-date=24 February 2015|publisher=Pew Research Center}}</ref> In 2011, social psychologists Jason Weeden, Adam Cohen, and Douglas Kenrick analyzed survey data sets from the American general public and university undergraduates and discovered that sociosexual tendencies—that is, [[Human mating strategies|mating strategies]]—play a more important role in determining the level of religiousness than any other social variables. In fact, when controlled for family structure and sexual attitudes, variables such as age, sex, and moral beliefs on sexuality substantially drop in significance in determining religiosity. In the context of the United States, religiousness facilitates seeking and maintaining high-fertility, marriage-oriented, heterosexual monogamous relationships. As such, the central goals of religious attendance are reproduction and child-rearing. However, this Reproductive Religiosity Model does not necessarily apply to other countries. In Singapore, for example, they found no relationships between the religiousness of Buddhists and their attitudes towards sexuality.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Weeden|first1=Jason|last2=Cohen|first2=Adam B.|last3=Kenrick|first3=Douglas T.|date=September 2008|title=Religious Attendance as Reproductive Support|journal=Evolution and Human Behavior|volume=29|issue=5|pages=327–334|doi=10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.03.004|pmid=21874105|pmc=3161130|bibcode=2008EHumB..29..327W }}</ref>[[File:Views on Religion (Barna 2016).png|alt=|left|440x440px|Views on science and the Bible across four different demographic cohorts in the U.S. in 2016]]
A 2016 U.S. study found that [[church attendance]] during young adulthood was 41% among Generation Z, 18% for the millennials, 21% for Generation X, and 26% for the Baby Boomers when they were at the same age.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hope|first1=J|year=2016|title=Get your campus ready for Generation Z|journal=Dean & Provost|volume=17|issue=8|pages=1–7|doi=10.1002/dap.30174}}</ref> A 2016 survey by Barna and Impact 360 Institute on about 1,500 Americans aged 13 and up suggests that the proportion of atheists and agnostics was 21% among Generation Z, 15% for millennials, 13% for Generation X, and 9% for Baby Boomers. 59% of Generation Z were Christians (including Catholics), as were 65% for the millennials, 65% for Generation X, and 75% for the Baby Boomers. 41% of teens believed that science and the Bible are fundamentally at odds with one another, with 27% taking the side of science and 17% picking religion. For comparison, 45% of millennials, 34% of Generation X, and 29% of the Baby Boomers believed such a conflict exists. 31% of Generation Z believed that science and religion refer to different aspects of reality, on par with millennials and Generation X (both 30%), and above the Baby Boomers (25%). 28% of Generation Z thought that science and religion are complementary, compared to 25% of millennials, 36% of Generation X, and 45% for Baby Boomers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barna.com/research/atheism-doubles-among-generation-z/|title=Atheism Doubles Among Generation Z|date=24 January 2018|website=Barna.com|publisher=Barna Group|access-date=31 October 2019}}</ref>