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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.
The nones — and nuns — are all right in Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 5, 2018
(RNS) — 'I felt, as a moviegoer, kind of making fun of Catholic school has been covered,' Gerwig told RNS.
Americans see more jingle, less Jesus in Christmas celebrations
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 13, 2017
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.
Religious ‘nones’ are gaining ground in America, and they’re worried about the economy, says new study
By Jana Riess — November 16, 2017
The unaffiliated "Nones" are the largest single religious group in America, edging out Protestants and Catholics, says a new study released today.
Good without God? More Americans say amen to that
By Kimberly Winston — October 17, 2017
(RNS) — A majority of American adults say belief in God is not required to be a moral person.
‘Christian America’ dwindling, including white evangelicals, study shows
By Kimberly Winston — September 6, 2017
(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.
Portlanders respond to killings with prayer and eclectic spirituality
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 2, 2017
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) Portland may be the least religious city in the U.S., but its residents are drawing on spirituality and shared values for comfort in the wake of a horrific stabbing on a light-rail train.
Americans warm slightly toward Mormons, other religions
By Jana Riess — February 15, 2017
Americans are feeling more positive about religious groups than in the past, including Mormons. But other groups, including atheists, Hindus, and Muslims, are climbing more quickly in public opinion, says a new Pew study.
The changing nature of America’s irreligious explained
By Richard Flory — January 24, 2017
Who really are the nones?
One-fifth of Americans raised in religiously mixed homes
By Kimberly Winston — October 26, 2016
(RNS) A new poll shows a growing number of Americans come from mixed-faith families.
Does American religion have a prayer?
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 26, 2016
Religion is in trouble. Emphasize memory, rather than belief.
More ‘nones’ than you think, but many won’t show up on Election Day
By Lauren Markoe — September 22, 2016
(RNS) A full quarter of U.S. adults now say they have no religious affiliation. But despite their heft, the 'nones' are no voting bloc.
Why most people leave religion? They just ‘stop believing’
By Kimberly Winston — September 22, 2016
(RNS) In a gloomy forecast for organized religion, only seven percent of the 'nones' say they are looking for a religion.
How Americans ‘got’ religion
By Martin E. Marty — September 21, 2016
I can advise readers that nowhere else are they likely to find a more informed, impassioned story of how Americans in these years “got” and kept -- or abandoned -- religion.
Tim Kaine’s Jesuit spirituality just might appeal to ‘nones’
By Elizabeth Drescher — July 25, 2016
(RNS) In choosing Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton has shifted the religious narrative of the election away from the false equation of “religion” and “Christianity” with radical, conservative, evangelicalism.
