America's nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon
Children talk with Pastor Ryan Burge, right, in mid-Septmber after service at First Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon, Ill. Burge, an associate professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, is the author of "The Nones," a book on the growing number of religiously unaffiliated Americans.
(AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Mike Dulak grew up Catholic in Southern California, but by his teen years, he began skipping Mass and driving straight to the shore to play guitar, watch the waves and enjoy the beauty of the morning. "And it felt more spiritual than any time I set foot in a church," he recalled....
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