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KPCC LAist 89.3: Richard Flory on How Gen-Z Are Finding (Or Moving Away From) Religion

KPCC LAist 89.3: Richard Flory on How Gen-Z Are Finding (Or Moving Away From) Religion

KPCC LAist 89.3: Richard Flory on How Gen-Z Are Finding (Or Moving Away From) Religion

How has living in a time of tremendous social change influenced Gen Z’s attitudes towards religion–organized or otherwise? CRCC’s executive director Richard Flory was on KPCC LAist 89.3’s Airtalk with Larry Mantle to talk about young adults’ connection towards religion in today’s world.

In response to Gen-Z’s decline in religious involvement:

“Religion becomes, frankly, another voluntary activity along with any of the other things that jostle time in their lives. The less you are involved in that and the more choice you have, the less likely you choose to remain because other things take over.”

Listen to the full segment here.