Authoritarianism and religion go hand in hand. Both are rising together in the form of Christian nationalism.
The only notable statistic is that Gen Z are more religious than millenials, which isn’t a huge deal. We’ll see if the trend continues.
Many young men want control and power. If they embrace religion and force it on others, they feel control and power.
I will call bullshit on that. Young men want hope and community just like everyone else. In the current socio-economic setting, it’s not possible to find these organically; hence, religion plays a role. There are extremes in everything, and using extremes as a norm to define a group (in this case, young men) does no good.
And please don’t argue with me about why this is only happening to young men.
Yeah, you can’t say that a “religious resurgence” is happening by only counting one religion. Are there more Buddhists in the West? More Muslims? More Hindus? More Pastafarians?
Because I think Axios is missing, intentionally or not, the bigger reason: the religious right tells men they should be in control. Young men who feel like they aren’t are receptive to that messaging.
I will agree with assertion but not the reasoning, from my anecdotes it’s happening to all religions.
Edit: *anecdotal evidence
Your anecdotes != data.
Isn’t that what anodects means(personal experience or story but not enough data to form a pattern)?
Of course they are. They were already halfway there by spending their free time listening to assholes talk and preach on podcasts. And I’m sure it goes nicely with all of the bigoted, misogynistic content that they consume.
I would feel so much better about this if they’d had fully funded comprehensive education that required mythology, world and comparitive religion, philosophy, critical reading/thinking and logic classes.
The delusions persist.
That’s not a resurgence
There really isn’t any hope for the future, is there
