Living in the Age of ‘None’

The Way I See It

According to a recent report from the General Social Survey, “Nones” are now the largest religious demographic in the US. Those claiming ‘no religion’ now outnumber those who claim to be Catholic and those who claim to be Evangelical. This is a marked departure of where our nation has been throughout its history.

We have historically been a nation where most people are at least loosely affiliated with a faith institution of some type, and a Judeo-Christian ethic influenced most of culture. Has that changed? And if so, what does it mean?

The 2018 GSS was just released and there's some big news. Those of "no religion" (23.1%) are statistically the same size as evangelicals (22.8%). There was also a small resurgence of mainline Protestants, while Catholics are down 3% in the last four years. pic.twitter.com/uiyDSe7M6f

— Ryan Burge 📊 (@ryanburge) March 20, 2019

First off, who are these…

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