The Pew Research Center for Religious Studies has indicated that there has been an increase in the percentage of people indicating no religious affiliation in the United States. This move away from religious values and institutions is called ______.

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Secularization refers to the process by which religious institutions, practices, and beliefs lose their social significance. The increase in people indicating no religious affiliation is a sign of secularization, not necessarily atheism or agnosticism, which are specific beliefs about the existence of deities, nor a religious crisis, which implies a temporary or critical state of religious institutions.

The Pew Research Center for Religious Studies Has Indicated That