On the Receiving End: Discrimination toward the Non-Religious in the U.S.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
Publication Title
Journal of Contemporary Religion
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/13537903.2012.642741
ISSN
1469-9419
Abstract
The present study examines perceived discrimination faced by religious ‘nones’. After distinguishing between atheists, agnostics, and ‘nones’ who are deists or theists, we use nationally representative data from the 2008 American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) to study the contexts in which these various types of religious ‘nones’ have reported experiencing discrimination. The strongest predictor of such discrimination was not theological atheism or agnosticism but self-identifying as an atheist or agnostic when asked what one’s religion is. Context-specific predictors of discrimination are age, region of the country, rural versus urban location, parents’ religious identifications, educational attainment, ethnicity and race. Results are consistent with the view that people who hold more pronounced views are more likely to report discrimination.
Recommended Citation
Cragun, Ryan T., Barry Kosmin, Ariela Keysar, Joseph H. Hammer, Michael Nielsen.
2012.
"On the Receiving End: Discrimination toward the Non-Religious in the U.S.."
Journal of Contemporary Religion, 27 (1): 105-127: Taylor and Francis Online.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13537903.2012.642741 source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13537903.2012.642741
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/psych-facpubs/41
