Researchers Find 1 in 5 Americans Without Religious Affiliation
THE TOWN WALK
By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA Today
"Americans famously say they believe in some variation of God. Over 90 percent do," Chaves says. "But it used to be 99 percent decades ago. The change is slow, but we can see it coming." Unbelief is on the uptick. People who check "None" for their religious affiliation are now nearly one in five Americans (19 percent), the highest ever documented, according to the Pew Center for the People and the Press. How high the Nones numbers might go depends on demographics, says Mark Chaves, professor of Sociology, Religion and Divinity at Duke University, an expert on the General Social Survey. [link]
By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA Today
"Americans famously say they believe in some variation of God. Over 90 percent do," Chaves says. "But it used to be 99 percent decades ago. The change is slow, but we can see it coming." Unbelief is on the uptick. People who check "None" for their religious affiliation are now nearly one in five Americans (19 percent), the highest ever documented, according to the Pew Center for the People and the Press. How high the Nones numbers might go depends on demographics, says Mark Chaves, professor of Sociology, Religion and Divinity at Duke University, an expert on the General Social Survey. [link]
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