Faith no more why people reject religion Zuckerman, Phil. creator text bibliography Electronic books. Church history nyu New York Oxford University Press 2012 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (224 pages) During his 2009 inaugural speech, President Obama described the United States as a nation of "Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus--and nonbelievers." It was the first time an American president had acknowledged the existence of this rapidly growing segment of the population in such a public forum. And yet the reasons why more and more people are turning away from religion are still poorly understood. In Faith No More, Phil Zuckerman draws on in-depth interviews with people who have left religion to find out what's really behind the process of losing one's faith. According to a 2008 study, so many Americans claim no religion (15%, up from 8% in 1990) that this category now outranks every other religious group except Catholics and Baptists. Exploring the deeper stories within such survey data, Zuckerman shows that leaving one's faith is a highly personal, complex, and drawn-out process. And he finds that, rather than the cliche of the angry, nihilistic atheist, apostates are life-affirming, courageous, highly intelligent and inquisitive, and deeply moral. Zuckerman predicts that this trend toward nonbelief will likely continue and argues that the sooner we recognize that religion is frequently and freely rejected by all sorts of men and women, the sooner our understanding of the human condition will improve. The first book of its kind, Faith No More will appeal to anyone interested in the "New Atheism" and indeed to anyone wishing to more fully understand our changing relationship to religious faith. - Publisher Mother was an exorcist -- Stopped making sense -- Misfortune -- To be Mormon, or not to be -- Sex and secularity -- Others -- Jail, food stamps, and atheism -- The apostate worldview -- All in the family? -- How and why people reject religion -- Appendix. Research methods and sample characteristics. Phil Zuckerman. Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and index. n-us--- Universidad Sergio Arboleda Apostasy Christianity Ex-church members United States Non-church-affiliated people United States Atheism United States United States Church history 21st century Religion and sociology United States Sans-religion États-Unis Athéisme États-Unis États-Unis Histoire religieuse 21e siècle Sociologie religieuse États-Unis RELIGION Christianity History Apostasy Christianity Atheism Ex-church members Non-church-affiliated people Religion and sociology United States Atheismus Kirchenaustritt 2000-2099 fast BR517 .Z83 2012eb 277.3/083 BE 3350 Faith no more Zuckerman, Phil. New York : Oxford University Press, 2012 (DLC) 2011007917 (OCoLC)706677548 9780199876495 0199876495 9780199918690 0199918694 9780199740017 0199740011 335288 MIL http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/4905 N$T 111129 20260318185534.5 in00005707245 eng