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The ecclesial turn refers to the turning away from church in much of the industrially advanced world. Using data from 22 nations in the European Social Survey, undertaken in 2002/2003, David Voas found that ‘Each generation in every country surveyed is less religious than the last . . .’ (Voas, 2009, p. 167). Although the most religious countries are changing faster than the least, the fall in religious commitment during the twentieth century has been remarkably constant across the continent. Not only in Europe, but even in the United States with its stronger religious affiliation than Europe, younger age groups are less likely to attend church than older ones (Hollinghurst, 2010, pp. 82–3). Similar trends have been observed in Australia and New Zealand (Pointers, 2010).