How will the Democratic Party appeal to religious voters without alienating the rising numbers of religiously unaffiliated voters? More →

March 8, 2013

“Religion is important. Being spiritual is important. What’s not as important is to join and to go every week,” says Kellen McClure when asked about churches and their worship services. He is one of the fast-rising number of Americans who describe their religion as “nothing in particular” or “none of the above” when surveyed by opinion researchers. More →

March 1, 2013

“The religiously unaffiliated population is not wholly secular. It is wrong to think of them as consisting entirely of non-believers, for example. We know that many, if not most of them say they do believe in God,” says Greg Smith, senior researcher at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. More →

March 1, 2013

Watch video excerpts of an October 9, 2012 panel discussion at the National Press Club hosted by Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly about the political implications of the rising number of “nones,” those who say they are not affiliated with any particular religion. More →

October 10, 2012