America’s Religious Pluralism Has Never Been Tested Like This

Abby McCloskey, Bloomberg Opinion, June 30, 2026

“Growing up as a Christian, I frequently heard from other churchgoers how fortunate we were to live in a Christian nation. These days, I’m more likely to hear fellow Christians lament that the nation has fallen into secularism.

But as America turns 250, it’s worth remembering that the history of Christianity in America is complicated. So, too, is its future. Church membership has waxed and waned in our country before. But the decline in a broadly shared Christian worldview is unprecedented. Already, it’s putting the pluralistic religious ideals of our Founders to the test.”