Bahamas - typical Caribbean

A lot of the same themes keep appearing everytime i write up a Caribbean country and Bahamas is not much different.

The country is overwhelmingly Christian in name (and even in practice), but nominalism is widespread reflected in a high rate of illegitimate births and widespread crime and drug use.

Its proximity to the USA means that a lot of money has been poured into the country. Firstly, to fight the establish of Bahamas as a drug transshipment point to the USA. It's ideally located for such a role being composed of many tiny islands all close to Florida. Second and more recently, tourism. The Bahamian economy hinges on tourism - 80% of tourists are from the USA. Especially actively courted are the rich. Any investment of more than 500,000 USD into property development or infrastructre gets u permanent resident status. Which in turns gets you a tax haven, for which Bahamas is becoming famous.

Johnny Depp has a private island here. As does John Travolta, Faith Hill, Tiger Woods, Sean Combs, Nicolas Cage, etc etc.

But what about the islanders themselves? I suppose they have it better than a lot of other Caribbean natives. However, although 95% of the country are affiliated to Christianity, and most households have a Bible, there's not a lot of active faith in the nation. Or so it seems. The younger generation is increasingly alienated from the church, gaining their values more from TV and MTV culture and tourists than from the Christian traditional sources.

Will we see a slow ebb of the Christian faith? Or a renewal that will break the pattern?