Nearly 60 percent of the nones say religion was at least somewhat important to their families when they were growing up, according to the AP-NORC poll. More than half describe themselves as neither. For example, 30 percent say they feel some connection to God or a higher power, and 19 percent say religion has some importance to them even though they have no religious affiliation.Ībout 12 percent describe themselves as religious and spiritual and 28 percent as spiritual but not religious. The religiously unaffiliated were once concentrated in urban, coastal areas, but now live across the U.S., representing a diversity of ages, ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds, Drescher said.Įven in their personal philosophies, America’s nones vary widely, according to a recent poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
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