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Catholics are evangelizing on campus, trying to bring back the ‘nones’
By Katherine Dugan — April 8, 2019
(The Conversation) — Some 36 percent of those without religious affiliation report having grown up Catholic.
‘Nones’ now as big as evangelicals, Catholics in the US
By Jack Jenkins — March 21, 2019
(RNS) — "Nones have been on the march for a long time now," Ryan Burge said.
Fifty years later, Catholic Church reckons again with unbelief
By Rosie Dawson — February 18, 2019
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.
4 myths about ex-Mormons
By Jana Riess — February 12, 2019
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.
The evolution of sin
By Tara Isabella Burton — February 7, 2019
(RNS) — Virtue and vice have long been inextricably linked to self-control. But lately we've been asking, what's it all for?
Fat and happy: the comforts of practicing a religion
By Yonat Shimron — January 31, 2019
(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.
From ‘cafeteria Catholics’ to New Age nones, religion is getting personal
By Tara Isabella Burton — January 2, 2019
(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.
The end of America’s Protestant political majority gives Republicans cause to worry
By Mark Silk — November 7, 2018
(RNS) — The trends in the religious vote yesterday should overshadow whatever cheer Republicans take out of Election Day.
Why religion won’t help the Republicans in the midterms
By Mark Silk — August 6, 2018
A shrinking God Gap and a decline in worship attendance are the keys.
Why fewer Americans are attending religious services
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 1, 2018
(RNS) — Fewer adults are attending religious services in the United States, but that’s not necessarily because they don’t believe.
Why millennials are really leaving religion (it’s not just politics, folks)
By Jana Riess — June 26, 2018
(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.
Europe: Not as secular as you think
By Tom Heneghan — May 29, 2018
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.
‘Nones’ get their first congressional caucus
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 1, 2018
(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.
Most Americans believe, but not always in the God of the Bible
By Yonat Shimron — April 25, 2018
(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.
Will religiously unaffiliated Americans increase support for liberal policies, in 2018 and beyond?
By David Mislin — January 10, 2018
(The Conversation) — History suggests caution about political generalizations.
