{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Church Answers","provider_url":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com","title":"What Gen Z Really Believes: New Data Unpacks the Faith and Habits of a Shifting Generation | Church Answers","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wxQWPzNVzS\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/what-gen-z-really-believes-new-data-unpacks-the-faith-and-habits-of-a-shifting-generation\/\">What Gen Z Really Believes: New Data Unpacks the Faith and Habits of a Shifting Generation<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/what-gen-z-really-believes-new-data-unpacks-the-faith-and-habits-of-a-shifting-generation\/embed\/#?secret=wxQWPzNVzS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What Gen Z Really Believes: New Data Unpacks the Faith and Habits of a Shifting Generation&#8221; &#8212; Church Answers\" data-secret=\"wxQWPzNVzS\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GenZ_Millennials_GenX_Boomers.png","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":628,"description":"One of the most consequential surveys of American religion has recently released its latest raw data from 2024. The General Social Survey (GSS) is considered the gold standard among academics who study long-term trends in the United States. It includes robust sets of questions on a wide range of topics, including religion. This initial release doesn\u2019t include all the variables I want to analyze (specifically, religious affiliation). Still, there\u2019s more than enough here to give us a good sense of where we stand on other measures of religiosity. Let\u2019s start with how belief in God has changed over the last 36 years. Beginning in 1988, the GSS asked respondents to \u201cchoose which statement comes closest to expressing what you believe about God.\u201d They are then given six possible options."}