‘Nones’ ≠ Nonreligious
A response to a recent RD feature.
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Debating the “Nones” Part 3
The author responds.
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The Demographic that Should Keep Rove Awake at Night
Imagine a demographic that has doubled its share of the population over the past two decades, is up by 25 percent over the past four years, now accounts for as many as one in five Americans, and voted overwhelmingly for Obama.
Read MoreThe Great Religious Realignment
Think differently.
Read MoreWisconsin: Evangelical, Catholic, and Protestant Vote Not Enough for Romney Win
Obama wins big among non-whites and “nones.”
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A History of the Unaffiliated: How the “Spiritual Not Religious” Gospel Has Spread
You can call them “unaffiliated,” as in a recent Pew poll, or “nones,” or even just “not very religious.” A brand new poll by PRRI/Brookings divides this group further (and somewhat counterintuitively) into “unattached,” “atheists/agnostics,” and “seculars.”
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Does Record Number of Religious “Nones” Mean Decline of Religiosity?
Media excitement continues over the latest Pew poll showing continued growth in the religiously affiliated. But do such data really tell us what we need to know about the Four F’s of Contemporary American Spirituality: Family, Fido, Friends, and Food?
Read MoreWhite Protestants in Decline
Reasons to cheer—and possibly fear.
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How Contemporary Spirituality Makes Us Stupid, Selfish, and Unhappy
Why “spiritual, but not religious” is problematic and makes one academic want to punch those who say it in the face. Hard. Theologians are often open about their religious stance, so there shouldn’t be a double standard for critical, reflective atheist voices.
Awakening, Counter-Awakening, and the End of Church
“What the feminist movement and the LGBT movement have become for religious communities is a test of hospitality. Are you really open to accepting and welcoming everyone? Is the personhood of the gay couple as welcome as the personhood of the straight couple? It’s not just simply what your political position is about the rights of these people, but are these people really people? And are they people with their full wisdom, their full experience, their full sense of who they are? Are they really, truly welcomed into the deepest realms of making community?”
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