The Rise of the Nones across the United States, 1973 to 2018: State-Level Trends of Religious Affiliation and Participation in the General Social Survey

Wiertz, Dingeman; Lim, Chaeyoon

doi:10.15195/v8.a21

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“…The increase in the proportion of the U.S. population who do not identify with a religion in the past 30 years has been one of the more dramatic trends in social life (Burge 2020; Mitchell 2019; Wiertz and Lim 2021). Not all of these “nones,” of course, identify as atheists.…”

Section: Atheism As Identity And/or Worldviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The increase in those who do not identify with religion in the United States (Burge 2020; Mitchell 2019; Wiertz and Lim 2021) has spurred research on possible causes of religious disaffiliation and adopting nonreligious identities. Berger (1967) suggested that in religiously pluralistic contexts, all religious worldviews become less plausible.…”

Section: Religious Doubt and Adopting An Atheistic Worldviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Predictors of Adopting an Atheistic Worldview: An Analysis of Survey Data Containing a Retrospective Measure of Belief in God

Scheitle,

Corcoran

2023

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World

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Many studies have used retrospective survey measures to examine changes in individuals’ religious affiliation, but studies examining changes to individuals’ core religious beliefs are comparatively rare. This is likely because surveys rarely contain measures of both current and past beliefs. Using data from a probability sample of U.S. adults that includes a measure of individuals’ current and age 16 belief in God, the authors examine the predictors of an individual’s adopting an atheistic worldview. Overall, 6 percent of the sample report moving from a nonatheistic worldview to an atheistic worldview. This rate is higher among those who said they had weaker belief in God at age 16, men, those with higher incomes, and some sexually minoritized groups. This rate is lower among older individuals, political conservatives, and some racially or ethnically minoritized groups. The authors discuss the implications of these findings for the study of nonbelief and the measurement of religious change.

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Section: Atheism As Identity And/or Worldviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Religious Doubt and Adopting An Atheistic Worldviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Predictors of Adopting an Atheistic Worldview: An Analysis of Survey Data Containing a Retrospective Measure of Belief in God

Scheitle,

Corcoran

2023

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World

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“…Finally, recent research has documented that many people, especially youth, are leaving the Church in droves (MacGregor & Haycook, 2021). Those who consider themselves religiously affiliated "nones" or "dones" have exploded in recent years across most of the major religious traditions, including the Catholic Church (Packard & Ferguson, 2019;Wiertz & Lim, 2021). Fewer church attendees mean less financial resources, closed or merged parishes, and much belt tightening that affects everyone who works for the Church.…”

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Principles for Managing Burnout among Catholic Church Professionals

Plante

2022

Pastoral Psychol

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While a large body of research literature has explored the assessment, treatment, and prevention of worker burnout, much less research has focused on the unique issues associated with burnout in religious organizations, especially within the Roman Catholic Church. Catholic Church employees, whether clerics or laypersons, are embedded within a 2,000-year-old global hierarchical structure and organization that is unique in that it includes clerics with vows of chastity, obedience, and often poverty as well as ongoing crises related to clerical sexual abuse scandals, significant financial stressors, and a faith tradition that often overvalues sacrifice and suffering. The purpose of this brief article is to highlight burnout issues among Roman Catholic Church employees and offer principles and strategies for recognizing, treating, and avoiding burnout among these professionals. Five key principles for burnout management as well as several case examples are also presented.

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“…While stress has increased, religious engagement has dramatically decreased in recent years. More Americans, for example, consider themselves unaffiliated with any religious or spiritual tradition or community (Twenge et al, 2016;Wiertz & Lim, 2021). Fewer people report attending religious services on a regular basis and more people identify as either atheist or agnostic (Rosmarin & Koenig, 2020).…”

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Minding the gap: Spirituality in clinical practice during increased secularization and mental health needs.

Plante¹

2024

Spirituality in Clinical Practice

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While there has been a recent dramatic increase in societal stress and mental health challenges, there has also been a dramatic increase in secularization with more people unaffiliated with any spiritual and religious communities or traditions. Years of research have well-documented the physical and mental health benefits of spiritual and religious practices, engagement, and communities that may no longer be available to those who now consider themselves religious “nones” or “dones.” Clinicians, who are spiritually and religiously informed, trained, and engaged, can help to bridge this gap between high stress and low religious engagement during current times. They can do so by creatively engaging clientele with secular versions of spiritual and religious tools for better health and wellness or by working with clients to find new ways to use spiritual and religious strategies that they feel comfortable with regardless of their lack of religious affiliations and interests. This brief reflection discusses minding the gap of increased secularization and increased mental health needs among clients using spiritual and religiously based perspectives and tools. The reflection also calls for and encourages further research and the practice of evidence-based spiritual and religious interventions within an increasingly stressful and secular society.

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The Rise of the Nones across the United States, 1973 to 2018: State-Level Trends of Religious Affiliation and Participation in the General Social Survey

Cited by 9 publications

References 42 publications

Predictors of Adopting an Atheistic Worldview: An Analysis of Survey Data Containing a Retrospective Measure of Belief in God

Predictors of Adopting an Atheistic Worldview: An Analysis of Survey Data Containing a Retrospective Measure of Belief in God

Principles for Managing Burnout among Catholic Church Professionals

Minding the gap: Spirituality in clinical practice during increased secularization and mental health needs.

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