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ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Even as religion appears to be a growing force in world affairs, the size of the non-religious population is increasing in many countries. Between 1990 and 2001 the number of adults in the U.S. who professed no religion increased from 14 million to 29 million according to the American Religious Identification Survey 2001 (ARIS). “No Religion: A Profile of America’s Unchurched” found that one-third of those professing no religion in 2001 were under 30 years old. For the full ARIS report, see Religion in a Free Market (Paramount Market Publishing Inc., 2006).
With a global research agenda, the Institute studies secularism and secularization by gathering and analyzing data on secular populations in the U.S. and abroad; see the new book, Secularism & Secularity: Contemporary International Perspectives (2007).
Canadian American Research Series - Volume 4:1, Fall 2007
Is Religion on the Rise or on the Decline?
by Ariela Keysar, Associate Director, ISSSC
Public Opinion and Support for the Separation of Church and State in the United States and Europe
by Barry A. Kosmin, Director, ISSSC
Under way in the field
Worldviews and Opinions of Scientists in India
ISSSC is launching an international research project which explores the worldviews and opinions of scientific professionals. The first phase of the project will gather information on beliefs and values from a large sample of Indian scientists.
ISSSC is collaborating with the Center for Inquiry-India in Hyderabad on designing the questionnaire, conducting the pre-test, drawing the national sample and contacting the scientists.
Professing No Religion: What do American Jews and the general population have in common?
This poster presentation was delivered at the Annual Conference for the Association for Jewish Studies, December 2006 in San Diego, California: by Professor Ariela Keysar, Associate Director for the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture.
Presentations delivered at the March 2006 ISSSC colloquium, Are U.S. Latino Society and Culture Undergoing Secularization?
Secularization with Salsa
Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, Director, Center for Religion in Society and Culture (RISC) and Professor Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Brooklyn College, SUNY
Efrain Agosto, Professor of New Testament and Director, Programa de Ministerios Hispanos, Hartford Seminary, CT
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