086 - Special Session. Nones and the Northwest (co-sponsored with Association for the Sociology of Religion)

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

The percentage of those who identify as “nones” or non-religious is highest in the Northwestern United States and in Western Canada. In this session, scholars who study regional variation in religiosity examine the factors that have contributed to the high rates of non-religion in this region of the country and how the high rates of non-religion have influenced the culture of this region.

Sub Unit

• Special Sessions

Session Organizer

• Ryan T. Cragun, The University of Tampa

Presider

• Ryan T. Cragun, The University of Tampa

Individual Presentations

• Nones: The New Regional Establishment? - James K. Wellman

• Emerging Understandings of the Human Person and Community among ‘Nones’ in the Pacific Northwest - Patricia O'Connell Killen, Gonzaga University

• Religious Nones in Canada: Freedom from Religion - Joel Thiessen, Ambrose University