I think this is all very interesting when compared to Pew Research and the religious typologies they came up with in 2018: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/08/29/the-religious-typology/. It would seem like most Dones would fall into their "Solidly Secular" category, while many SBNRs and Zealous Atheists would fall under "Religion Resisters". NINOs might be harder to pin down -- I would think at least some would fall under the "Spiritually Awake" category. And for anyone who's interested, you can take the quiz for free here if you want to know where you land: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/quiz/religious-typology/.
But I do see Ryan's larger point about the problem of religious classification. Is a NiNO who attends a non-denom church every week and engages in other religious practices any more of a "none" than, say, someone who identifies as Catholic but almost never goes to worship or prays much?
Spiritual and religious are vague terms. I'm pretty well educated and well read, but I'm not sure what each means. Might be better to distinguish 'belief in some kind of god' versus 'willingness to attend church'?
In reading this its hard to wrap my head around the idea that a significant number of people are unfamiliar with the term protestant. I would be curious to learn if there is any survey data around Christian beliefs or is what we are talking about more like an American civic religion.
My sense is that there is a divide between Protestant denominations and community churches which are theoretically Protestant. The former have a history and a defined set of beliefs. The latter may have beliefs but it is much more about a feeling -- I guess you could call that spirituality --the sense of being connected to the divine. But in these places people seem rather uninterested in Church history and long standing debates about theology (debates I might add that once were the source of war).
I think this is all very interesting when compared to Pew Research and the religious typologies they came up with in 2018: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/08/29/the-religious-typology/. It would seem like most Dones would fall into their "Solidly Secular" category, while many SBNRs and Zealous Atheists would fall under "Religion Resisters". NINOs might be harder to pin down -- I would think at least some would fall under the "Spiritually Awake" category. And for anyone who's interested, you can take the quiz for free here if you want to know where you land: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/quiz/religious-typology/.
But I do see Ryan's larger point about the problem of religious classification. Is a NiNO who attends a non-denom church every week and engages in other religious practices any more of a "none" than, say, someone who identifies as Catholic but almost never goes to worship or prays much?
Spiritual and religious are vague terms. I'm pretty well educated and well read, but I'm not sure what each means. Might be better to distinguish 'belief in some kind of god' versus 'willingness to attend church'?
In reading this its hard to wrap my head around the idea that a significant number of people are unfamiliar with the term protestant. I would be curious to learn if there is any survey data around Christian beliefs or is what we are talking about more like an American civic religion.
The top of this post may be helpful: https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/my-religion-is-something-else-504
My sense is that there is a divide between Protestant denominations and community churches which are theoretically Protestant. The former have a history and a defined set of beliefs. The latter may have beliefs but it is much more about a feeling -- I guess you could call that spirituality --the sense of being connected to the divine. But in these places people seem rather uninterested in Church history and long standing debates about theology (debates I might add that once were the source of war).