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The Nones, Second Edition

Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going
  • ISBN-13: 9781506488240
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: FORTRESS PRESS
  • By Ryan P. Burge
  • Price: AUD $54.99
  • Stock: 4 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 30/05/2023
  • Format: Paperback (216.00mm X 140.00mm) 234 pages Weight: 318g
  • Categories: Christian mission & evangelism [HRCX7]
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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.
Ryan P. Burge is an assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University. Author of numerous journal articles, he is the cofounder of and a frequent contributor to Religion in Public, a forum for scholars of religion and politics to make their work accessible to a general audience. Burge is a pastor in the American Baptist Church.
Preface Introduction Chapter 1 What Does the American Religious Landscape Look Like? Chapter 2 A Social Scientist Tries to Explain Religious Disaffiliation Chapter 3 The Demographics of Disaffiliation Chapter 4 Nones Are Not All Created Equal Chapter 5 What We Can Change and What We Cannot Recommended Resources
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