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The Rise of ‘No Religion’: Towards an Explanation

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>1/09/2017
<mark>Journal</mark>Sociology of Religion
Issue number3
Volume78
Number of pages16
Pages (from-to)247-262
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date8/08/17
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

By 2015 those who said they had “no religion” when asked about religion on surveys and censuses had become an absolute majority in Britain. Drawing on surveys and interviews carried out in Great Britain between 2013 and 2015 this lecture offers a portrait of the “nones” and attempts to explain their rise to become a cultural majority.

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This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Sociology of Religion following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Linda Woodhead; The Rise of “No Religion”: Towards an Explanation, Sociology of Religion, Volume 78, Issue 3, 1 September 2017, Pages 247–262, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srx031 is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/socrel/article/78/3/247/4079669