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The number of religious ‘nones’ has soared, but not the number of atheists – and as social scientists, we wanted to know why

  • Written by Christopher P. Scheitle, Associate Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
imageFewer people are affiliated with religion in the United States, but that hardly means that they're all atheists.Anthony Bradshaw/Photographer's Choice RF via Getty Images

The number of individuals in the United States who do not identify as being part of any religion has grown dramatically in recent years, and “the nones” are now larger...

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