REFUSING RELIGION? _ WHO ARE THESE “NONES?”

​They’re not going away!  Like the common cold, “Nones” are contagious and growing beyond the millennials to all segments of society, regardless of age or previous religious affiliation.  PETER LAARMAN offers a thorough, eye-opening article on Religion Dispatches where he interviews several prominent and informed individuals about why a quarter of all Americans “describe their religion as ‘nothing in particular.’ ”  Kaya Oakes, author of “The Nones Are Alright,” is one of the individuals Peter interviews and offers new and revealing insight as to why the “Nones” are rapidly growing in numbers.  READ PETER LAARMAN’S ARTICLE FROM RELIGION DISPATCHES, “Refusing Religion, Claiming The Future: A Roundtable Discussion On “The Nones Are Alright.”