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There is a close relationship between culture and cult \u2014 between the shared attitudes and values of a people and their religious views and practices. American culture is increasingly shaped by men and women who would rather sleep in or play golf on a Sunday morning.<\/span><\/div>\n
The nation\u2019s religious composition \u2014 as revealed in a\u00a0recent presentation<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Luis Lugo<\/a>\u00a0of the Pew Research Center \u2014\u00a0is changing<\/a>. In 2012, America ceased to be a majority Protestant country \u2014 the result, mainly, of a decline in the numbers of mainline Protestants (though there have been smaller losses among white evangelicals as well). Catholicism is holding its own with a stable 22 percent of the public, but its ethnic composition has shifted dramatically \u2014 about half of all Catholics younger than 40 are Latino.<\/span><\/div>\n
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One group, however, has swelled: those with no religious affiliation, also known as \u201cnones\u201d (as in \u201cnone of the above\u201d). In the 1950s, this was about 2 percent of the population. In the 1970s, it was about 7 percent. Today, it is close to 20 percent. These gains can be found in all regions of the country, including the South. The trend is particularly pronounced among whites, among the young and among men.<\/span><\/div>\n
Not all the nones, it is worth pointing out, are secular. Only about 30 percent of this group \u2014 6 percent of the public \u2014 are atheists or agnostics. The rest of the nones describe themselves as indifferent to religion or as \u201cnothing in particular.\u201d Sixty-four percent of the nones, however, say they believe in God or a universal spirit with \u201cabsolute certainty.\u201d Even 9 percent of atheists and agnostics \u2014 defying both dogma and the dictionary\u2014 report themselves absolutely convinced of God\u2019s existence. About equal proportions of the religiously unaffiliated (19 percent) and the affiliated (18 percent) report having \u201cseen or been in the presence of a ghost.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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