| | == Nones (no religious affilation), atheism, agnosticism and Latin Americans == | | == Nones (no religious affilation), atheism, agnosticism and Latin Americans == |
| − | {{Cquote|The irreligious population are slowly, but steadily, increasing in size in Latin America. While in every country they constitute a minority, in some countries, they have gained considerable weight. This has occurred both in countries with higher levels of socioeconomic development – such as Chile (15.8%) and Uruguay (37.1%) – as well as in less developed ones such as El Salvador (12.1%) and Honduras (10.5%). The far majority of irreligious Latin American are religious “[[nones]]” who declare believing in a supreme entity but do not belong to religious groups. Atheism and agnosticism, instead, are a rare phenomenon, mostly restricted to elite segments.<ref>[https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-319-27078-4_558 Atheism and Nonreligion in Latin America, Geography] by Matías Bargsted, Nicolás M. Somma and Eduardo Valenzuela, ''Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions'', Reference work entry, First Online: 27 July 2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27078-4_558</ref>}} | + | {{Cquote|The irreligious population are slowly, but steadily, increasing in size in Latin America. While in every country they constitute a minority, in some countries, they have gained considerable weight. This has occurred both in countries with higher levels of socioeconomic development – such as Chile (15.8%) and Uruguay (37.1%) – as well as in less developed ones such as El Salvador (12.1%) and Honduras (10.5%). The far majority of irreligious Latin American are religious “nones” who declare believing in a supreme entity but do not belong to religious groups. Atheism and agnosticism, instead, are a rare phenomenon, mostly restricted to elite segments.<ref>[https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-319-27078-4_558 Atheism and Nonreligion in Latin America, Geography] by Matías Bargsted, Nicolás M. Somma and Eduardo Valenzuela, ''Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions'', Reference work entry, First Online: 27 July 2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27078-4_558</ref>}} |