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Leaving a Religion

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Millennials Are Leaving Organized Religion. Here's Where Some Are Finding Community

The American religious landscape has changed dramatically over the past several decades.

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2020
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A Secular Age

What does it mean to say that we live in a secular age? Almost everyone would agree that we—in the West, at least—largely do. And clearly the place of religion in our societies has changed profoundly in the last few centuries.

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Charles Taylor
2007
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The Health Effects of Leaving Religion

This loss of faith in God went beyond his separation from Mormonism, leading to months of depression, anxiety over the prospect of no afterlife, and suicidal thoughts. He’s better now, but for a while there were days when he wouldn’t even leave his bed.

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Jon Fortenbury
2014
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FindCenterI came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them.

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Mahatma Gandhi
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As Hispanic Americans Leave Catholicism, Church Looks to Pope for Guidance

Nearly one-third of American Catholics are Hispanic, according to a new Pew Research Center study. But the report says Hispanics are also leaving the faith at a high rate. In 2010, 67 percent of Hispanic Americans identified as Catholic, but in 2013 that figure dropped to 55 percent.

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2015
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The Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking Out on Religion―and Others Should Too

Black women are the single most religious demographic in the United States, yet they are among the poorest, least educated, and least healthy groups in the nation.

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Candace R. M. Gorham
2013
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Can Spirituality Exist Without God? A Growing Number of Americans Say Yes

Krista Tippett has made a career out of examining the question, What does it mean to be spiritual outside the confines of religion?

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Robin Young, Karyn Miller-Medzon
2020
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Recovering from Religion - You Are Not Alone

Recovering from Religion community members and volunteers discuss the highs and lows of walking away from their faith and discovering a new way to live as well as the role Recovering from Religion played in their journey.

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2018
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Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion

Psychologist Marlene Winell is uniquely qualified to address the subject of this book. In addition to her personal experience with leaving fundamentalist religion, she has worked with clients recovering from religion for 28 years. She is known for coining the term Religious Trauma Syndrome.

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Marlene Winell
2006
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Spirituality, Not Just Religion, May Be Declining

Should we be worried that young adults will lose purpose, meaning and morality?

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Ralph Lewis
2020
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