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The Nones : where they came from, who they are, and where they are going / Ryan P. Burge

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Press 2023Copyright date: ©2021Edition: Second editionDescription: xiv, 200 pages : illustrations, statistics ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781506488240
  • 1506488242
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Contents:
Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Introduction -- What does the American religious landscape look like? -- A social scientist tries to explain religious disaffiliation -- The demographics of disaffiliation -- Nones are not all created equal -- Pandemic: punctuated equilibrium or business as usual? -- What we can change and what we cannot -- Notes -- Recommended reading
Summary: "Ryan P. Burge gives readers a nuanced, accurate, and meaningful look at the growing number of Americans who say they have no religious affiliation. He explains how this rise happened, who the nones are, and what they mean for American religion's future." -- back cover.Summary: "In The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going, Ryan P. Burge details a comprehensive picture of an increasingly significant group--Americans who say they have no religious affiliation. The growth of the nones in American society has been dramatic. In 1972, just 5 percent of Americans claimed "no religion" on the General Social Survey. In 2018, that number rose to 23.7 percent, making the nones as numerous as both evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics. Every indication is that the nones will be the largest religious group in the United States in the next decade. Burge illustrates his precise but accessible descriptions with charts and graphs drawn from over a dozen carefully curated datasets, some tracking changes in American religion over a long period of time, others large enough to allow a statistical deep dive on subgroups such as atheists and agnostics. Burge also draws on data that tracks how individuals move in and out of religion over time, helping readers understand what type of people become nones and what factors lead an individual to return to religion." -- 2021 edition description
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going, Second Edition , Ryan P. Burge details a comprehensive picture of an increasingly significant group--Americans who say they have no religious affiliation.

The growth of the nones in American society has been dramatic. In 1972, just 5 percent of Americans claimed "no religion" on the General Social Survey. In 2018, that number rose to 23.7 percent, making the nones as numerous as both evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics. Every indication is that the nones will be the largest religious group in the United States in the next decade.

Burge illustrates his precise but accessible descriptions with charts and graphs drawn from more than a dozen carefully curated datasets, some tracking changes in American religion over a long period of time, others large enough to allow a statistical deep dive on subgroups such as atheists or agnostics. Burge also draws on data that tracks how individuals move in and out of religion over time, helping readers to understand what type of people become nones and what factors lead an individual to return to religion. This second edition includes substantial updates with new chapters and current statistical and demographic information.

The Nones gives readers a nuanced, accurate, and meaningful picture of the growing number of Americans who say that they have no religious affiliation. Burge explains how this rise happened, who the nones are, and what they mean for the future of American religion.

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Introduction -- What does the American religious landscape look like? -- A social scientist tries to explain religious disaffiliation -- The demographics of disaffiliation -- Nones are not all created equal -- Pandemic: punctuated equilibrium or business as usual? -- What we can change and what we cannot -- Notes -- Recommended reading

"Ryan P. Burge gives readers a nuanced, accurate, and meaningful look at the growing number of Americans who say they have no religious affiliation. He explains how this rise happened, who the nones are, and what they mean for American religion's future." -- back cover.

"In The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going, Ryan P. Burge details a comprehensive picture of an increasingly significant group--Americans who say they have no religious affiliation. The growth of the nones in American society has been dramatic. In 1972, just 5 percent of Americans claimed "no religion" on the General Social Survey. In 2018, that number rose to 23.7 percent, making the nones as numerous as both evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics. Every indication is that the nones will be the largest religious group in the United States in the next decade. Burge illustrates his precise but accessible descriptions with charts and graphs drawn from over a dozen carefully curated datasets, some tracking changes in American religion over a long period of time, others large enough to allow a statistical deep dive on subgroups such as atheists and agnostics. Burge also draws on data that tracks how individuals move in and out of religion over time, helping readers understand what type of people become nones and what factors lead an individual to return to religion." -- 2021 edition description

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