None of the Above: Nonreligious Identity in the US and Canada
Compares secular attitudes characterizing “religious nones” in the United States and Canada

Almost a quarter of American and Canadian adults are nonreligious, while teens and young adults are even less likely to identify religiously. None of the Above explores the growing phenomenon of “religious nones” in North America. Who are the religious nones? Why, and where, is this population growing?

While there has been increased attention on secularism in both Europe and the United States, little work to date has focused on Canada. Joel Thiessen and Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme turn to survey and interview data to explore how a nonreligious identity impacts a variety of aspects of daily life in the US and Canada in sometimes similar and sometimes different ways, offering insights to illuminate societal and political trends. With numbers of nonreligious people even higher in Canada than in the US, some believe that secular currents to the north foreshadow what will happen in the US.

None of the Above asserts that a growing divide between religious and nonreligious populations could engender a greater distance in moral and political values and behaviors. At once provocative and insightful, this book tackles questions of coexistence, religious tolerance, and spirituality, as American and Canadian society accelerate toward a more secular future.

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None of the Above: Nonreligious Identity in the US and Canada
Compares secular attitudes characterizing “religious nones” in the United States and Canada

Almost a quarter of American and Canadian adults are nonreligious, while teens and young adults are even less likely to identify religiously. None of the Above explores the growing phenomenon of “religious nones” in North America. Who are the religious nones? Why, and where, is this population growing?

While there has been increased attention on secularism in both Europe and the United States, little work to date has focused on Canada. Joel Thiessen and Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme turn to survey and interview data to explore how a nonreligious identity impacts a variety of aspects of daily life in the US and Canada in sometimes similar and sometimes different ways, offering insights to illuminate societal and political trends. With numbers of nonreligious people even higher in Canada than in the US, some believe that secular currents to the north foreshadow what will happen in the US.

None of the Above asserts that a growing divide between religious and nonreligious populations could engender a greater distance in moral and political values and behaviors. At once provocative and insightful, this book tackles questions of coexistence, religious tolerance, and spirituality, as American and Canadian society accelerate toward a more secular future.

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None of the Above: Nonreligious Identity in the US and Canada

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None of the Above: Nonreligious Identity in the US and Canada

None of the Above: Nonreligious Identity in the US and Canada

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Compares secular attitudes characterizing “religious nones” in the United States and Canada

Almost a quarter of American and Canadian adults are nonreligious, while teens and young adults are even less likely to identify religiously. None of the Above explores the growing phenomenon of “religious nones” in North America. Who are the religious nones? Why, and where, is this population growing?

While there has been increased attention on secularism in both Europe and the United States, little work to date has focused on Canada. Joel Thiessen and Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme turn to survey and interview data to explore how a nonreligious identity impacts a variety of aspects of daily life in the US and Canada in sometimes similar and sometimes different ways, offering insights to illuminate societal and political trends. With numbers of nonreligious people even higher in Canada than in the US, some believe that secular currents to the north foreshadow what will happen in the US.

None of the Above asserts that a growing divide between religious and nonreligious populations could engender a greater distance in moral and political values and behaviors. At once provocative and insightful, this book tackles questions of coexistence, religious tolerance, and spirituality, as American and Canadian society accelerate toward a more secular future.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781479860807
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 04/14/2020
Series: Secular Studies , #4
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joel Thiessen is Professor of Sociology at Ambrose University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is the author of The Meaning of Sunday: The Practice of Belief in a Secular Age and co-author of The Millennial Mosaic: How Pluralism and Choice are Shaping Canadian Youth and the Future of Canada.

Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Nonreligious Identity in the US and Canada 1

1 I'm Done … and I'm Not Going Back! 27

2 Nones of All Shapes and Sizes 58

3 We Are Just as Moral … If Not More! 92

4 I Want Everybody to Have the Same Chance to Find Happiness 119

5 It's Too Bad Your Parents Aren't Christian … 141

Conclusion: Darlene, Patrick, Corrine, and Sandra 171

Acknowledgments 197

Appendix A Interview Guide Used in Semistructured Interviews with Religious Nones 199

Appendix B Further Statistical Results from Chapter 2 205

Appendix C Further Statistical Results from Chapter 3 207

Appendix D Further Statistical Results from Chapter 4 215

Notes 227

Bibliography 229

Index 249

About the Authors 259

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