tbh, that seems less like "rapid secularization" and more like "a slight drop from absolute to merely near-absolute power" to me. Percentage of reported practi

tbh, that seems less like "rapid secularization" and more like "a slight drop from absolute to merely near-absolute power" to me. Percentage of reported practice doesn't allow for the cultural and legal effects of religion, and it doesn't map linearly to influence. Remember the political apparatus of the US is designed explicitly to give rural Christians outsize power.