Explaining Why More Americans Have No Religious Preference: Political Backlash and Generational Succession, 1987-2012

2014/01/01 by Michael Hout, Claude S. Fischer · 3 citations
Social Sciences · #Religion and Society Interactions #American Constitutional Law and Politics #Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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Abstract

Michael Hout, Claude S. Fischer Sociological Science, October 13, 2014 DOI 10.15195/v1.a24 Abstract Twenty percent of American adults claimed no religious preference in 2012, compared to 7 percent twenty-five years earlier.

Citations

• Why More Americans Have No Religious Preference: Politics and Generations

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