United States, irreligion vs. religion and demographics
In 2008, the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) reported:
“ | The 1990s was the decade when the “secular boom” occurred – each year 1.3 million more adult Americans joined the ranks of the Nones. Since 2001 the annual increase has halved to 660,000 a year...
Regarding belief in the divine, most Nones are neither atheists nor theists but rather agnostics and deists (59%) and perhaps best described as skeptics.[1] |
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American religion/irreligion projections and race =
See also: Western agnosticism and race and Western atheism and race
Pew Forum reported about agnosticism/race in the United States:
“ | Atheists and agnostics are particularly likely to be non-Hispanic whites. Fully eight-in-ten atheists and agnostics (82%) are white, 3% are black, 6% are Hispanic, and the remainder is of some other race or of mixed race."[2] | ” |
For more information, please see: Western agnosticism and race
Projected racial demographic of the United States and religion/irreligion in the United States
MSNBC reports:
“ | Varied growth assumptions lead to different estimates of the speed and level of demographic change by that year. On the low side, the projection is 105 million Latinos in the U.S. by 2050 out of a total population of 384 million. High side? 119 million Latinos out of a total US population of 415 million. Under most assumptions, Latinos are expected to be at least 29% of the total U.S. population by 2050.
Using the middle growth series projections, by 2050 the racial\ethnic breakdown of the population is expected to be:
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The article Godless progressivism will not be dominant in the USA's future indicates:
“ | Given the historic immigration from Latin America to the U.S, consider this report about evangelicals, proselytizing and Latin America:
Time Magazine reported in May of 2013:
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For addition, information, please see: Hispanic evangelicalism
Baylor University and projections about religion/irreligion
In 2012, Baylor University indicated that a significant amount of American nondenominational church members are checking "unaffiliated" or "no religion" on surveys.[5] Nondenominational Christians, who tend to be conservative and creationists, are the fastest growing segment of the religious population.[6]
The Birkbeck College, University of London professor Eric Kaufman wrote in his 2010 book Shall the Righteous Inherit the Earth? concerning American secularism:
“ | High evangelical fertility rates more than compensated for losses to liberal Protestant sects during the twentieth century. In recent decades, white secularism has surged, but Latino and Asian religious immigration has taken up the slack, keeping secularism at bay. Across denominations, the fertility advantage of religious fundamentalists of all colours is significant and growing. After 2020, their demographic weight will begin to tip the balance in the culture wars towards the conservative side, ramping up pressure on hot-button issues such as abortion. By the end of the century, three quarters of America may be pro-life. Their activism will leap over the borders of the 'Redeemer Nation' to evangelize the world. Already, the rise of the World Congress of Families has launched a global religious right, its arms stretching across the bloody lines of the War on Terror to embrace the entire Abrahamic family.[7] | ” |
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References
- ↑ Press: Americans Who Don’t Identify with a Religion No Longer a Fringe Group
- ↑ “Nones” on the Rise - Demographics, Pew Forum
- ↑ The ‘majority-minority’ America is coming, so why not get ready?
- ↑ Godless progressivism will not be dominant in the USA's future
- ↑ http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/08/research-shows-american.html
- ↑ http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/08/research-shows-american.html
- ↑ Why are 2012 and 2020 key years for Christian creationists and pro-lifers?