Why Are People Becoming Less Religious?

Go deeper with The Visual Philosopher on Patreon — exclusive videos, podcasts, original essays and more: patreon.com/TheVisualPhilosopher Access my books using this link: ► https://thevisualphilosopher.gumroad.com In this video, we look at why people are becoming less religious. Thinkers and sources • Pew Research Center, "Around the World, Many People Are Leaving Their Childhood Religions" (March 2025), and "How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020" (June 2025) • Émile Durkheim, The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1912) • Peter L. Berger, The Sacred Canopy (1967) • Max Weber, Science as a Vocation (1917) • Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison (1944) • Charles Taylor, A Secular Age (2007) • Matthew Arnold, "Dover Beach" (1867) • Friedrich Nietzsche, The Joyful Wisdom (1882) • Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning • Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (c. 400) #religion #faith #philosophy