Smith claims that there is a growing number of Americans who claim "no religious affiliation" at all. He posits that one reason for this is that

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Smith argues that the political divide between the religious right and the religious liberal has caused the latter group to distance themselves from organized religion. He states that the religious right's assertion of political power has made those who disagree with their ideology feel like outsiders in their own religious communities, leading them to seek alternative ways of expressing their spirituality or disaffiliate from religion altogether.

Smith Claims That There Is a Growing Number of Americans