While there are a growing number of religious people in Western
civilization, there are fewer people going to church. In
particular, this trend has been observed most significantly
among emerging adults in their 20s as was found by Ken Ham in
his book Already Gone with Britt Beemer (Ham, Beemer, and
Hillard 2009). The results of their study suggested a
significant change among the worldview of Western civilization.
The worldview of Western civilization is often described by
commentators using the term postmodernism. However, the term
postmodernism is inadequate to describe the worldview of Western
civilization today for several reasons. Even though these terms
are used regularly by many and introducing a new set of terms
for novelty’s sake is not always the best approach, it is
important to abandon using the term postmodernism because we
have experienced a significant shift in Western civilization
reflected in many different areas of life. A better term to
describe the worldview of Western civilization today