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Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices.It encompasses a wide range of viewpoints drawn from various philosophical and intellectual perspectives, including atheism, agnosticism, religious skepticism, rationalism, secularism, and non-religious spirituality.
The majority of the "Nones" are not nonbelievers. [27] The "None" response is more of an indicator for lacking affiliation than an active measure for irreligiosity, and a majority of the "Nones" can either be conventionally religious or "spiritual". [28] [18] [29] Americans may be becoming more "spiritual" and less "religious".
According to reports from the WIN/Gallup International's (WIN/GIA) four global polls: in 2005, 77% were a religious person and 4% were "convinced atheists"; in 2012, 23% were not a religious person and 13% were "convinced atheists"; [2] in 2015, 22% were not a religious person and 11% were "convinced atheists"; [3] and in 2017, 25% were not a ...
Americans have been disaffiliating from organized religion over the past few decades. About 63% of Americans are Christian, according to the Pew Research Center, down from 90% in the early 1990s.
According to the last Pew Research poll published in January of 2024, the Nones represent nearly 30% of the American population, which is no small amount, and if you add in those that consider ...
Few issues in religion have been as remarked upon and puzzled over lately as the rapid rise of “nones,” those people who claim no religious affiliation. I’ve written about this before, I ...
[28] [29] with the number of those identifying as non religious becoming the second most common response, increasing by 12.0 percentage points to 37.2% (22.2 million) from 25.2% (14.1 million) in 2011. [30] [31] The equivalent census for Scotland in 2022 recorded, for the first time, a majority (51.1%) of the population holding no religious ...
Nearly 60% of the nones say religion was at least somewhat important to their families when they were growing up, according to the AP-NORC poll. It found that 30% of nones meditate and 26% pray ...