The number of religious ‘nones’ has soared, but not the number of atheists – and as social scientists we wanted to know why
The number of individuals in the United States who do not identify as part of any religion has grown dramatically in recent years, and “the nones” are now larger than any religious group. According to the General Social Survey, religiously unaffiliated people represented only about 5% of the U.S. population in the 1970s. This percentage … Read more