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America’s nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon
By Peter Smith — October 9, 2023
(AP) — The decades-long rise of the nones — a diverse, hard-to-summarize group — is one of the most talked about phenomena in U.S. religion.
Where can seekers find community outside organized religion? Meet The Nearness
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 27, 2023
(RNS) — ‘One of the things that really strikes me is that we’re all drowning in content, but what we need are containers for connection,’ said Casper ter Kuile of The Nearness.
New poll finds 4 in 10 non-Catholic Latinos were once Catholic and left
By Alejandra Molina — October 7, 2022
(RNS) — Some were raised Protestant, but increasingly many are raised nonreligious, according to one scholar.
American Atheists to take a quieter approach to culture wars at Atlanta meeting
By Yonat Shimron — April 8, 2022
(RNS) — Community-building is the conference's theme for this year's first in-person convention since 2019.
Study: Women of no faith face discrimination — when they are seen at all
By Alejandra Molina — March 22, 2022
(RNS) — ‘Nonreligious Women in America’ details the extent to which women conceal their nonreligious identities, as well as the isolation, stigma and discrimination they face.
Study: Christians, Jews and Muslims encounter workplace discrimination differently
By Alejandra Molina — March 16, 2022
(RNS) — Rachel Schneider, one of the report’s authors, said workers often experienced religious discrimination in the form of microaggressions — such as stereotyping and othering.
Study: Atheists who are women, Republicans or Southerners more likely to hide beliefs
By Alejandra Molina — March 10, 2022
(RNS) — In groups that statistically have the fewest number of atheists, the atheists among them are less vocal.
What happened to the nonbelief channel at Patheos?
By Yonat Shimron — January 4, 2022
(RNS) — Bloggers were advised they could stay at Patheos so long as they stop writing negative or critical posts on religion or politics and instead focus on how to live a good life within their own worldview. They left.
1 in 5 Latino Americans have no religion, the Latinx Humanist Alliance says
By Alejandra Molina — April 1, 2021
(RNS) — In less than a decade, the number of nonreligious Latinos in the U.S. has increased 67%, doubling from about 4 million to more than 8 million, the Latinx Humanist Alliance found.
Being ‘godless’ might be good for your health, new study finds
By Bob Smietana — March 4, 2021
(RNS) — Several new studies are challenging the idea that being an atheist leads to poor health.
Secular groups praise Biden’s agenda but express concerns about religious rhetoric
By Jack Jenkins — February 4, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘I worry that this administration’s idea of interfaith outreach may tend to exclude nonbelievers,’ said Sarah Levin, program director for Secular Democrats of America.
‘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.
Hillary Clinton needs to reach out to non-religious Americans
By guest — July 18, 2016
(RNS) The nonreligious are the future of the country, and we could contribute to a rapidly expanding Democratic base … if only Democrats were willing to include us in their conversations the same way Republicans court evangelicals.
Politicians ignore Reason Rally at their peril
By Tom Krattenmaker — June 1, 2016
(RNS) A glass-half-full assessment of the secular movement shows a level of progress and momentum that promises to make it harder for politicians to disregard, writes Tom Krattenmaker.
Listen to Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Stop trying to replace feminism with Humanism
By Chris Stedman — September 25, 2014
Joseph Gordon-Levitt isn’t the first to be told that we should replace the word feminism with Humanism; in fact, it’s a relatively common refrain. But as he learned, Humanism already means something else.
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