AS AM 161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Pew Research Center, Postgraduate Education, Reiki
Document Summary
Recent trends in religious affiliation are rising in non-religious. Legal separation of church and state in court cases in 1962. Rising rates of college and postgraduate education. More educated, more likely to be non-religious. Rise of the religious right, religious fundamentalism, too political, violence. Religious scandals, discrimination, focus on sex over social justice. More people dropping religious attachments when rarely attending religious services; more people coming out as non-religious; more socially acceptable. Generational differences (35% of millennials = nones ) Belief in divine presence (immanent, not transcendent) Something beyond the self and the material world, life after death, karma, reincarnation. Sense of awe/wonder in face of the sublime/beauty (ocean, stars, nature, art, etc. ) God is one (perennialism), self and god are one. Participate in spiritual activities (nature, astrology, yoga, meditation, art, etc. ) Very few say that religion is important in their lives than the general public. As ams have higher ratio of unaffiliated.