The Nones, Ryan P. Burge
The Nones, Ryan P. Burge
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The Nones
Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going

Author: Ryan P. Burge

Narrator: Jim Denison

Unabridged: 4 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/26/2021


Synopsis

In The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going, Ryan P. Burge details a comprehensive picture of an increasingly significant group—Americans who say they have no religious affiliation.

The growth of the nones in American society has been dramatic. In 1972, just 5 percent of Americans claimed "no religion" on the General Social Survey. In 2018, that number rose to 23.7 percent, making the nones as numerous as both evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics. Every indication is that the nones will be the largest religious group in the United States in the next decade. Burge's accessible book draws from carefully curated datasets, some tracking changes in American religion over a long period of time, others large enough to allow a statistical deep dive on subgroups such as atheists and agnostics. Burge also draws on data that tracks how individuals move in and out of religion over time, helping listeners understand what type of people become nones and what factors lead an individual to return to religion.

The Nones gives listeners a nuanced, accurate, and meaningful picture of the growing number of Americans who say they have no religious affiliation. Burge explains how this rise happened, who the nones are, and what they mean for the future of American religion.

About Ryan P. Burge

Ryan Burge is an associate professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, where also serves as the graduate coordinator. He has authored over thirty peer-reviewed articles and book chapters alongside four books about religion and politics in the United States. He written for the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. He has also appeared in an NBC Documentary, on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, as well as 60 Minutes which called him, "one of the country’s leading data analysts on religion and politics." He has served as a pastor in the American Baptist Church for over twenty years and has been married to his wife Jacqueline for over fifteen years. They have two boys.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessaka

The author is a baptist minister who has seen His church drop from 50Members Tio15 or less. I feel that this has sad and him, so he began doing research. After all, he is into saving others. Those who no longer go to church are divided into 3 Categories. Atheist, agnostic, and NONES. I felt that he......more

America’s religious landscape is changing. The General Social Survey (GSS), sorts Americans into seven religious traditions (RELTRAD): evangelicals, mainline Protestants, Black Protestants, Catholics, Jews, other faith traditions, and nones. Between 1972 and 2018, only two of the RELTRAD categories g......more

Goodreads review by Daniel

Dr. Ryan P. Burge, a professor of political science and a church pastor, takes a statistical look at Americans who claim no religious affiliation - the so-called "nones." To anyone who has read much about the ongoing collapse of religious superstition in the developed nations, nothing in the book sh......more

Goodreads review by Garrett

As a "trained" political scientist (not sure what this means and whether it applies also to me) Burge's stats and methodology are above reproach, and his presentation of the data is very clear, illustrated, and to the point. The book is brief and filled to the brim with charts and graphs that map ou......more