American Nones: The Profile of the No Religion Population
Media Coverage: September 22 – 30, 2009
News Agencies
Associated Press
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_REL_MELTDOWN_RELIGION?SITE=SCC
HA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Catholic News Agency
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=17171
Religion News Service
http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnspremiumtext/study_one_in_5_americans_m
ay_be_secular_by_2030/
UPI
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/09/22/Study-No-religion-group-on-rise/UPI45631253672675/
Television/Radio
88.7 The Bridge
http://www.887thebridge.com/site/451
Fox59 Indianapolis
Report: Americans Becoming Less Religious
FOX News
Where Have All the Christians Gone?
Fox News Opinion
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/09/25/bruce-feiler-christians-americans-gone/
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Minnesota Public Radio - 9/22/09
What in creation?
News 22 (Springfield, MA) [with video]
http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/wwlp_local_study_young_men_may_be_loosing_
faith_20091024
Real Catholic News (VIDEO)
http://www.luminouspictures.net/petros/?p=780
WBOC - Delmarva
New Study Suggest Americans May be Losing Their Religion
WLTX
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=78716&catid=35
WTNH Channel 8 News CT 9.29.09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-69s4aZok8
Youtube- Glenn Beck Blames Atheists for America's Problems
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEuAVgmWt0U
Newspapers/Magazines
Andrew Sullivan (The Atlantic)
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/09/the-coming-age-of-thenones.html
Arizona State University
http://www.statepress.com/node/7762
Cape Cod Online
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090926/LIFE/909260305/1/NEWS
Christian Post
http://www.faithfulnews.com/index.php/contents/view_content/5861
Christianity.com
http://www.christianity.com/11608826/
Chronicle Herald (Canada)
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Religion/1144606.html
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Crosscut
http://crosscut.com/2009/09/28/mossback/19260/
Crosswalk
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/11608826/
Current News
http://current.com/items/91046037_no-religion-vs-atheism.htm?xid=RSSfeed
Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
http://www.dailypress.com/features/family/dp-gl_relbrfs_09270sep27,0,7734625.story
Dallas Morning News' Religion Blog
http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/09/why-are-fewer-americansidenti.html
Deseret News
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705332496/World-religion-briefs.html
Docuticker
http://www.docuticker.com/?p=28196
The Economist (Democracy in America blog)
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2009/09/not_nones_surely.cfm
Everyday Christian
http://www.everydaychristian.com/ap/story/4822/
Grand Forks (ND) Herald
http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/134863/
Hartford Courant 9.29.09
Report On 'Nones': In US, Ranks Of Those Who Don't Identify With A ...
Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-feiler/where-have-all-the-christ_b_296812.html
Intelligence Daily
http://www.inteldaily.com/news/155/ARTICLE/11967/2009-09-28.html
Irish Central - 9/25/09
Holy mess: 11 million Irish Americans leave Catholic Church
Knoxville News Sentinel
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/sep/26/numbers-growing-religiously-unaffiliated/
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Monterey Herald
http://www.montereyherald.com/religion/ci_13426958?source=rss&nclick_check=1
Mormon Times
http://mormontimes.com/people_news/religion/?id=10894&hStack=1
National Secular Society
Number of Americans with “no religion” still rising – research
National Secular Society (UK)
http://www.secularism.org.uk/114010.html
News-Record
http://www.news-record.com/node/70454
Nevada Appeal
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20090926/NEWS/909259960/1063/NONE&parent
profile=-1
NY Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2009/09/22/2009-0922_new_study_americans_are_losing_their_religion_choosing_to_be_nones_instead_of_
nu.html
New York Times- Freakonomics blog - 9/25/09
The U.S. With Less God
One News Now (American Family Association)
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=695426
Pew Forum
http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=18769
Philadelphia Inquirer - 9/23/09
Religion News in Brief
Southern Maryland Online
http://forums.somd.com/religion/190553-people-no-religion-gain.html
St. Augustine Record
http://www.staugustine.com/stories/092509/religion_2013083.shtml
Times of the Internet
Study: 'No-religion' group on rise
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Topix
http://www.topix.com/religion/christian/2009/09/american-nones-more-skeptical-thananti-religious
Tuscaloosa News
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20090926/NEWS/909259955/1005?Title=TTALK-Religiously-unaffiliated-trend-male-younger
US News
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/letters-to-the-editor/2009/09/24/christians-atheists-and-uspolitics.html
USA Today
Were Founding Fathers 'Nones,' following God, not religion?
Washington Monthly
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_09/020130.php
Coverage Abroad/ Other Languages
Forum Libertas (Spanish)
http://www.forumlibertas.com/frontend/forumlibertas/noticia.php?id_noticia=14730&id_
seccion=10
Gospel News (Venezuela, Spanish)
http://gospelnewsvenezuela.blogspot.com/2009/09/una-de-cada-tres-mujeresdesvinculada.html
Humanistischer Pressedienst
http://hpd.de/node/7797
Latin and Christian Woman (Spanish)
http://mujercristianaylatina.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/una-de-cada-tres-mujeresdesvinculada-de-la-religion-cree-en-un-dios-personal/
Spiritual Seeds (Italian)
http://spiritualseeds.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/losing-their-religion-in-crescita-i-nonprofessanti-nella-popolazione-americana/
Unione degli Atei e degli Agnostici Razionalisti
http://www.uaar.it/news/2009/09/24/usa-profilo-sociologico-dei-non-appartenenti/
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Blogs
Alive on all channels
http://allchannels.blogspot.com/2009/09/ch-ch-ch-changes.html
Almost Diamonds
http://almostdiamonds.blogspot.com/2009/09/are-women-less-skeptical.html
American Barcode
http://americanbarcode.livejournal.com/869.html
American Reporter
http://www.american-reporter.com/3,776W/129.html
Answers in Genesis
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2009/09/26/news-to-note-09262009
Apologetics Guide
http://www.apologeticsguide.co.cc/2009/09/where-have-all-christians-gone.html
The Aquila Report
http://theaquilareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=480:americ
ans-who-dont-identify-with-a-religion-no-longer-a-fringegroup&catid=79:commentary&Itemid=55
Are You There God? It’s me, Generation X.
http://www.jenx67.com/2009/09/only-15-percent-of-gen-x-catholics.html
Article 6 Blog
http://www.article6blog.com/2009/09/24/briefly/
Artist Dogboy
http://artistdogboy.blogspot.com/2009/09/number-of-americans-who-believe-in.html
Atheism Beliefs
http://atheismbeliefs.blogmas.com/2009/09/24/thank-you-for-flying-the-church-of-thenones-tea-and-cake-or-death-around-the-sphere/
Atheists of South Texas
http://atheistsofsouthtexas.com/blog/?p=226
Baptist Planet
http://baptistplanet.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/atheistic-fundamentalism/
Beliefnet
http://blog.beliefnet.com/stevenwaldman/2009/09/something-we-can-all-look-forw.html
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Believer's Global Watch
http://believersglobalwatch.com/?p=2680
Beneath the Surface
http://combeneaththesurface.blogspot.com/
Bic's Place
http://bicsplace.blogspot.com/2009/09/aint-got-no-religion.html
Bloc Raisonneur
http://blocraison.blogspot.com/2009/09/nones-rnt-us.html
Born Again Redneck
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2009/09/im-deist.html
Brooklyn Born Believer
http://brooklyn-born-believer.blogspot.com/2009/09/age-of-nones.html
Brown Pelican Society
http://brownpelicanla.com/archives/12418
BTE Life
http://btelife.blogspot.com/2009/09/no-religion-population.html
Catholic Femina
http://www.catholicfemina.com/2009/09/belief-in-god-not-growing.html
Cervantes
http://abluteau.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/deism-alive-and-well-in-america/
Chaos Monster
http://chaosmonster.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-nones-profile-of-no-religion.html
Chi and Alpha Campus Ministries Texas A&M
http://aggielandchialpha.com/2009/09/23/from-the-web-people-with-no-religioncatching-up-on-religious/
Christ, Dragons, and Today
http://christdragons.blogspot.com/2009/09/report-on-in-us-ranks-of-those-who-don.html
Christina's Blog
http://cmoore95.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/believer-or-non-believer/
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Chuck Musselwhite
http://chuckmusselwhite.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/people-with-no-religion-gaining-onmajor-denominations/
Claphan Community
http://www.claphamcommunity.com/?p=392
The Clumsy Ninja
http://clumsyninja.blogspot.com/2009/09/victory.html
Coach Samoan
http://coachsamoan.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/dramatic-increase-in-americansdeclaring-no-religion/
Come Reason
http://www.comereason.org/apologetics-notes/2009/09/why-is-church-hemorrhagingadherents.asp
Communitas Collective
http://www.communitascollective.com/home/8-transitions/171-american-nones
Connections
http://connectionsnews.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/connections-092709/
Courage in America
http://www.courageinamerica.com/2009/09/where-have-all-christians-gone-bybruce.html
Craig's Musings
http://crstjohn81.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/americans-who-don’t-identify-with-areligion-no-longer-a-fringe-group/
Creative Joy
http://www.creativejoy.com/why-are-fewer-americans-identifying-with-a-religion/
Crosscut
Get Thee to the None
Daily Religious
http://www.dailyreligious.com/?p=19490
Daylight Atheism
http://www.daylightatheism.org/2009/09/the-weakening-pull-of-orthodoxy.html
The Divine Conspiracy
http://thedivineconspiracy.org/blog/?p=1398
http://thedivineconspiracy.org/blog/?p=1343
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Don't get me Started
http://dontgetmestartedlindasharp.typepad.com/dont_get_me_started_with_/2009/09/nones-not-nuns.html
The Dream Factory
http://pastortomsims.typepad.com/the_dream_factory/2009/09/religion-news-one-in-5americans-may-be-secular-by-2030.html
Ed Stetzer
http://blogs.lifeway.com/blog/edstetzer/2009/09/one-in-five-americans-secular.html
Elysabeth
http://akamine2525.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/people-with-no-religion-gain-on-majordenominations/
Episcopal Cafe
http://www.episcopalcafe.com/lead/church_growth/nones_growing.html
Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem
http://diobeth.typepad.com/diobeth_newspin/2009/09/090929newspinspinning-someinteresting-perhaps-useful-news.html
EUR web
http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur56348.cfm
Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/x-4275-Secularism-Examiner~y2009m3d9-New-surveyshows-increase-in-nonreligious-but-few-calling-themselves-atheists
Fr. Peter-Michael Preble
http://www.frpeterpreble.com/2009/09/americans-who-dont-identify-with.html
Final Trump
http://www.finaltrump.com/2009/09/holy-mess-11-million-irish-americans-leavecatholic-church/
Friendly Atheist
http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/09/25/political-ramifications-due-to-the-rise-of-thenones/
The Friends of Jake
http://friends-of-jake.blogspot.com/2009/09/who-are-nones.html
Gene Expression
http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2009/09/the_bleeding_of_american_catho.php
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Get Religion
http://www.getreligion.org/?p=18905
God & Country
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/god-and-country/2009/09/28/few-no-religion-americansare-atheists.html
God Discussion
http://www.goddiscussion.com/10456/the-number-of-nones-are-rising-and-interested-indeism-and-rationality/
Greg Laden's Blog
http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/americans_who_dont_identify_wi.php
Gruntled Center
http://gruntledcenter.blogspot.com/2009/09/religous-nones-are-not-anti-god-but.html
Ideonexus
http://ideonexus.com/2009/09/24/science-etcetera-jupiterday-20090924/
The Immanent Frame
http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2009/09/28/religious-nones-and-the-future-of-american-religion/
Incoming
http://johnwphipps.blogspot.com/2009/09/brains-with-feet.html
The Invisible Pink Unicorn
http://www.theipu.com/2009/09/losing-our-religion.html
Jake Today
http://jaketoday.blogspot.com/2009/09/american-nones.html
Jesus Lives!
http://www.jesuslives.co.za/2009/09/25/americas-subtle-change-from-religious-tosecular/
Jerry's Blog
http://www.jerrypettit.com/blog/?p=3573
Journal of Ovid
http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/39689?from=rss
Leaving Faith Behind
http://jeffolsson.blogspot.com/2009/09/usa-today-people-with-no-religion.html
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LEGATO
http://johnjbarber.blogspot.com/2009/09/aris-2008-survey-was-carried-out-during.html
Liberals are cool
http://www.liberalsarecool.com/2009/09/freethinkers-unite.html
Life's Paralysis
http://lifesparalysisbyanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/09/nones.html
Lipstick Alley
http://www.lipstickalley.com/f157/survey-one-quarter-americans-could-claim-noreligion-20-years-204189/
Lion of Judah
http://lofj.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/515/
Living His Life Abundantly
http://lhla.org/breaking_news/?p=3001
LKMs Stuff
http://lkm.tumblr.com/post/197700162/a-new-survey-of-american-religion-released-this
The Lucky Atheist
http://luckyatheist.blogspot.com/2009/09/nones.html
Magi Mike's Blog
http://mikemagee.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/the-nones-are-multiplying-is-the-us-goingsecular/
Michael de Busk
http://michaeldebusk.com/2009/09/22/profiling-the-nones/
Michael Catt
http://michaelcatt.com/2009/09/the-waning-influence-of-religion/
Michael In Norfolk
http://michael-in-norfolk.blogspot.com/2009/09/americas-fastest-growing-religious.html
Mike Tidmus
http://www.miketidmus.com/blog/2009/09/26/theo-chicken-littles-fear-sky-is-falling/
Million Times Better
http://milliontimesbetter.com/2009/09/non-religious-americans-study/
Ministry Best Practices
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http://www.ministrybestpractices.com/2009/09/in-20-years-one-quarter-ofamericans.html
Moving Beyond Differences
http://tanenbaumcenter.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/friday-news-roundup-attack-of-thenones-and-the-jedis/
Mr. Hyde's Blog
http://notdrjekyll.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-to-reach-people-of-no-religious.html
moment in time
http://pividz.com/blog/2009/09/22/thinking-about-god/
Mormon-Chronicles
http://mormon-chronicles.blogspot.com/2009/09/12-of-country-are-deists.html
My Green Meadows
http://madhavgopalkrish.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/fear-the-atheist/
My Motherlode
http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/national/537621/Religion-News-in-Brief.html
New Liberal Media
http://www.newliberalmedia.com/people-with-no-religion-gaining-on-majordenominations
Neko
http://www.php-news.info/religion/66352-were-founding-fathers-nones-following-godnot-religion-usa-today
The NewLife Blog
http://www.newlife-glastonbury.org/blog/2009/09/29/you-dont-have-to-go-to-church-tobe-a-spiritual-person/
North American Missions
http://northamericanmissions.org/?q=node/503
Not a Potted Plant
http://notapottedplant.blogspot.com/2009/09/glenn-beck-spews-densely-packed-setof.html
Off the map
http://offthemap.com/2009/09/22/half-51-of-nones-still-believe-in-god/
Oklahoma Lefty
http://oklahomalefty.blogspot.com/2009/09/return-of-american-deism.html
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On A Metaphysical Tip
http://untieu.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/religion-is-the-problem/
One Eternal Day
http://www.one-eternal-day.com/2009/09/religion-doesn-mean-atheist.html
On Mission Magazine
http://onmissionmagazine.blogspot.com/2009/09/quarter-of-americans-likely-to-claimno.html
Outside the Beltway
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/losing_our_religion/
Pandagon
http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/comments/why_are_women_slightly_more_religious/
Papist + Filioquist + Azymite
http://papistfilioquistazymite.blogspot.com/2009/09/holy-mess-11-million-irishamericans.html
Patrick Madrid
http://patrickmadrid.blogspot.com/2009/09/did-you-hear-one-about-two-nones.html
Patriots and Liberty
http://patriotsandliberty.com/?p=6812
Poetic License to Kill
http://publius-ovidius.livejournal.com/309829.html
PoliGazette
http://www.poligazette.com/2009/09/23/my-kind-of-non-believer/
Posterous
http://djd.posterous.com/american-nones-0
Prophecy News Headlines
http://www.prophecynewsheadlines.com/2009/09/23/one-quarter-of-americans-couldclaim-no-religion-in-20-years/
Reason Project
http://www.reasonproject.org/newsfeed/item/Number_of_Americans_with_no_religion_s
till_rising_research/#When:18:00:48Z
Red Mosquito
http://www.theskyiscrape.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=86514
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Redstate Update
http://redstateupdate.net/blog/?p=344
The Reformed Pastor
http://reformedpastor.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/au-pushes-churches-left/
Religion on our Campuses
http://religiononourcampuses.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/one-in-5-americans-mayprofess-no-religion-by-2030/
Restless Legs
http://gettingyoungereveryday.blogspot.com/2009/09/deism-aint-dead.html
Reuters blog
No religion” segment of US population profiled
A Ruach Journey
http://ruach.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/more-nones-now-than-ever/
Sandwalk
http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2009/09/atheists-in-america.html
The Schwartz Report
http://www.schwartzreport.net/
Secular Speakeasy
http://secularspeakeasy.com/2009/09/22/moo-oovin-on-up/
ScienceBlogs - USA
Fear the atheist
Science + Religion Today
http://www.scienceandreligiontoday.com/2009/09/22/september-22-2009/
Secular Right
http://secularright.org/wordpress/?p=2800
Secular Right (again)
http://secularright.org/wordpress/?p=2791
Shield of Storm and Thunder
http://shieldofthunder.blogspot.com/2009/09/losing-my-religion-rise-of-nones.html
The Signal in the Noise
http://thesignalinthenoise.blogspot.com/2009/09/all-or-none.html
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Spiritual politics
http://www.spiritual-politics.org/2009/09/profile_of_the_nones.html
Starboard Broadside
http://www.starboardbroadside.com/2009/09/25-in-20-years.html
Steven Waldman
http://blog.beliefnet.com/stevenwaldman/2009/09/deism----its-back.html
StraightShooters
http://straightshooters.blogspot.com/2009/09/one-quarter-of-americans-could-benon.html
Susan Campbell Fear, Itself
http://blogs.courant.com/susan_campbell/2009/09/those-nones-are-going-to-have.html
Talk Islam
http://talkislam.info/2009/09/23/rise-of-the-nones-bad-juju-for-conser/
Talk to Action
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2009/9/29/112721/085
tcSchillingFord
http://tcshillingford.org/?p=62
Think Atheist
http://www.thinkatheist.com/profiles/blogs/survey-one-quarter-of
Thunk
http://emergingthunk.blogspot.com/2009/09/from-web-people-with-religioncatching.html
Tim Deatrick
http://timdeatrick.blogspot.com/2009/09/more-research-concerning-nones.html
US ATHEISTS
http://usatheists.blogspot.com/2009/09/no-religion-gains-on-major.html
A Voice Crying in the Wickedness
http://thev0ice.livejournal.com/14044.html
Viral DJ Today
http://viraldj.blogspot.com/2009/09/wednesday-new-census-numbers-show-76-of.html
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Wayne Brown Ministries
http://waynebrownministries.com/b2evolution/blogs/index.php/2009/09/26/where-haveall-the-christians-gone?blog=2
The Weaker Party
http://theweakerparty.blogspot.com/2009/09/nones.html
Weird Things
http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/09/24/religious-panic-and-the-rise-of-the-atheistmenace/
Whispers in the Loggia
http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2009/09/age-of-nones.html
Why I Am an Atheist
http://tinkbell13-whyiamatheist.blogspot.com/2009/09/has-rapture-alreadyhappened.html
Wisdom Quarterly
http://wisdomquarterly.blogspot.com/2009/05/survey-americans-less-religious.html
World Religion: Creating News Since Pangea
http://underoneblog.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/rise-in-americans-who-choose-noreligion/
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