Nones

“it has become crystal clear to me now: the share of non-religious Americans has stopped rising in any meaningful way.” - Ryan Burge

“Vance is right to be worried about the decline of Christianity in America and the rise of “the nones,”…. He is right to worry about the elites who promise us heaven on earth….But can we win culture wars through politics? If we could, should we?” - Acton

“67% who left a faith tradition did so because they simply stopped believing in that religion’s teachings.” - Church & Culture

“A new PRRI survey shows that religiously unaffiliated Americans are the only group that has seen steady growth over the past decade — from 21% of all Americans in 2013 to 26% in 2023.” - RNS

“One thing’s for sure. The religious and irreligious landscape in America is changing dramatically.” - Religion Unplugged

Related: ‘Nones’ Have Always Been with Us - TGC

In 2023 data, “28% of U.S. adults are religiously unaffiliated…. That’s marginally lower than our surveys indicated in 2022 and 2021, and identical to what we found in 2020 and 2019” - Pew

“These spiritual communities discard doctrine, prefer questions over answers and have no intention of converting anybody to anything.” - RNS

Mary Eberstadt “will take the case directly to the ‘nones.’ She will lay out four different arguments for reconsidering the question of religious faith—arguments that will be of interest to all serious people, faithful and secular alike.” - IFWE

“Not all research data agrees, but some recent studies indicate that the growth of religiously unaffiliated Americans has slowed or stopped.” - Lifeway

“Counterintuitively, part of the trend of decline may be churches that ask too little of those who darken their doors.” - Breakpoint