(RNS) — American evangelicals are losing numbers and losing them quickly. Meanwhile, the religiously unaffiliated now form the largest single group in 20 U.S. states.
‘Christian America’ dwindling, including white evangelicals, study shows
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Good without God? More Americans say amen to that
(RNS) — A majority of American adults say belief in God is not required to be a moral person.
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Religious ‘nones’ are gaining ground in America, and they’re worried about the economy, says new study
The unaffiliated "Nones" are the largest single religious group in America, edging out Protestants and Catholics, says a new study released today.
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Americans see more jingle, less Jesus in Christmas celebrations
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The survey captures how 'too many people think Christmas is about a mall and not a manger,' said Ed Stetzer, executive director of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College.
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The nones — and nuns — are all right in Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’
(RNS) — 'I felt, as a moviegoer, kind of making fun of Catholic school has been covered,' Gerwig told RNS.
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Will religiously unaffiliated Americans increase support for liberal policies, in 2018 and beyond?
(The Conversation) — History suggests caution about political generalizations.
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Most Americans believe, but not always in the God of the Bible
(RNS) — Among the so-called 'nones' — a broad category of atheists, agnostics and those who answer 'none of the above' on questions about religion — 72 percent believe in a higher power of some kind.
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‘Nones’ get their first congressional caucus
(RNS) — The new caucus comes as the religious 'nones' — those who claim no religious affiliation — jumped from about 16 percent of the U.S. population in 2007 to nearly 23 percent in 2014, according to the latest Pew data.
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Europe: Not as secular as you think
PARIS (RNS) — Sixty-four percent of adults across Western Europe still identify as Christians, even if only 18 percent of them say they attend church at least once a month, a Pew survey found.
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Why millennials are really leaving religion (it’s not just politics, folks)
(RNS) — If the political alienation theory fully explained what’s going on in American religion, millennials would be leaving conservative religions in favor of ones that are liberal and LGBT-affirming. Instead, they're just exiting religion altogether.
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Why fewer Americans are attending religious services
(RNS) — Fewer adults are attending religious services in the United States, but that’s not necessarily because they don’t believe.
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Why religion won’t help the Republicans in the midterms
A shrinking God Gap and a decline in worship attendance are the keys.
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The end of America’s Protestant political majority gives Republicans cause to worry
(RNS) — The trends in the religious vote yesterday should overshadow whatever cheer Republicans take out of Election Day.
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From ‘cafeteria Catholics’ to New Age nones, religion is getting personal
(RNS) — It makes perfect sense that we would curate our religious self-conceptions the same way we silo ourselves on our Facebook and Twitter feeds.
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Fat and happy: the comforts of practicing a religion
(RNS) — In 35 countries, people who are active in religious congregations tend to be happier than those who attend infrequently or not at all. But active participation in religion is also associated with being fat.
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The evolution of sin
(RNS) — Virtue and vice have long been inextricably linked to self-control. But lately we've been asking, what's it all for?
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4 myths about ex-Mormons
Most didn't leave because they got offended, became atheists, or wanted to join another religion. Also, the vast majority of former Mormons say they're happy after leaving.
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Fifty years later, Catholic Church reckons again with unbelief
LONDON (RNS) — This spring, a half-century after the Vatican's first conference on unbelief, scholars will again gather in Rome to discuss research on the nature of non-religion.
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‘Nones’ now as big as evangelicals, Catholics in the US
(RNS) — "Nones have been on the march for a long time now," Ryan Burge said.
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Catholics are evangelizing on campus, trying to bring back the ‘nones’
(The Conversation) — Some 36 percent of those without religious affiliation report having grown up Catholic.
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