[Christianity WI] - Earlier Transition to Cultural Christianity?

Basically, we have an increasing number of people today who are not active Christians who nevertheless celebrate holidays like Easter, Christmas, etc... who are aware of the faith due to family background, personal experiences, and the social and cultural environment in which they grew up but are generally not practitioners anymore.

Is it possible that we could have that trend earlier and much larger in history in any way, where Christian identification is more of a cultural aspect than an actual community of believers? Perhaps with the likes of the Deists, or undercutting events like the American Awakenings?
 
One way could be to keep the reformation internal and have it lead to a kind of devolution of Church governance.
This could make people less religiously militant.
 
Basically, we have an increasing number of people today who are not active Christians who nevertheless celebrate holidays like Easter, Christmas, etc... who are aware of the faith due to family background, personal experiences, and the social and cultural environment in which they grew up but are generally not practitioners anymore.

Is it possible that we could have that trend earlier and much larger in history in any way, where Christian identification is more of a cultural aspect than an actual community of believers? Perhaps with the likes of the Deists, or undercutting events like the American Awakenings?

Here in The Netherlands secularisation started in the 60s. It might as well have been started as soon as World War II ended and reconstruction started. And this may apply for most of the West except Iberia.

For Eastern Europe... I guess even harsher treatment of the Church by Communists. In East Germant, 75% today is non religious. This could even work in Hungary, Baltic States, Slovakia, Albania and Bulgaria.

A lot of times wealth makes people forget about religion. I guess either no 1929 crisis and an earlier wealthy Europe in the thirties would help.
 
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