Author: yalaina.linford

Plainly, something about living in families increases the likelihood that people will go to church and believe in God — indeed, more than one such “something.” Family life encourages religious life because mothers and fathers will seek out a like-minded community in which to situate their children. Conversely, not living in a family removes the strongest possible incentive people have for searching out a transcendental framework to explain the elemental forces of family life. This theory sheds light of an altogether different sort on the “nones.” How can today’s postrevolutionary young be expected to take up Christianity when many, on account of shrinking and absent families, will reach middle age without ever having held a baby, cared for an elderly relative, sacrificed sleepless nights for others, or attended a funeral?