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Religious ‘Nones’ in America: Who They Are and What They Believe
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The data also leads us to believe that the more educated a person is, the more likely they are to see social value in religion, believe in institutions, and have higher levels of interpersonal trust.
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
numbers rise 50 percent over the last three decades.
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
the Barna Group, a prominent research company, went to every state in the US and asked young non-Christians what their perceptions of Christians were. What they found was heartbreaking. The top three answers were: (1) anti-gay, (2) judgmental, (3) hypocritical.
Shane Claiborne • The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical
only 25 percent of Americans now place their trust in other Americans.
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
Less than one out of every five unchurched households (18 percent) is a “traditional family”
George Barna • Churchless
is that more than one-quarter of the unchurched are seriously interested in matters of faith, and nearly two-thirds have generally positive perspectives on faith matters. Consider the self-identification of unchurched adults: