Elizabeth Drescher's guest appearances

Elizabeth Drescher

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Maxwell Institute Podcast

Multifaith Matters

Leigh Eric Schmidt

Bernie Sanders

Amy-Jill Levine

Lucien Greaves

Roy Moore

Joel Osteen

Jeff Lewis

David Gordon

Cameron Esposito

Cory Booker

James Martin

Pete Buttigieg

Chris Shelton

John Dehlin

Tucker Carlson

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To the dismay of religious leaders, study after study has shown a steady decline in affiliation and identification with traditional religions in America. By 2018, twenty-six percent of adults identified as unaffiliated–up more than seventeen percent since 2009. Even more startling, more than thirty percent of those under the age of thirty now identify as "Nones"–answering "none" when queried about their religious affiliation. Is America losing its religion? Or, as more and more Americans choose different spiritual paths, are they changing what it means to be religious in the United States today? Elizabeth Drescher helps us explore this topic. Her research, teaching, and writing focuses on religion, spiritual, and nonreligion as it is practiced by ordinary people in the contexts of everyday life. She holds a PhD in Christian Spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union, and an MA in Roman Catholic Systematic Theology from Duquesne University (2000). Dr. Drescher is the author of several books, including Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of American Nones (Oxford University Press, 2016). She has published popular articles on American religious and spiritual life, new media and religion, and the challenges of religious leadership in America, The Atlantic Wire, AlterNet, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The San Jose Mercury News, Religion Dispatches, Christianity Today, Sojourners, and other national publications.  If you find this helpful, please consider supporting this podcast with your Patronage for just a few dollars a month. 

To the dismay of religious leaders, study after study has shown a steady decline in affiliation and identification with traditional religions in America. By 2018, twenty-six percent of adults identified as unaffiliated–up more than seventeen percent since 2009. Even more startling, more than thirty percent of those under the age of thirty now identify as "Nones"–answering "none" when queried about their religious affiliation. Is America losing its religion? Or, as more and more Americans choose different spiritual paths, are they changing what it means to be religious in the United States today? Elizabeth Drescher helps us explore this topic. Her research, teaching, and writing focuses on religion, spiritual, and nonreligion as it is practiced by ordinary people in the contexts of everyday life. She holds a PhD in Christian Spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union, and an MA in Roman Catholic Systematic Theology from Duquesne University (2000). Dr. Drescher is the author of several books, including <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Choosing-Our-Religion-Spiritual-Americas/dp/0199341222/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=elizabeth+drescher&amp;qid=1616173856&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of American Nones</a> (Oxford University Press, 2016). She has published popular articles on American religious and spiritual life, new media and religion, and the challenges of religious leadership in America, The Atlantic Wire, AlterNet, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The San Jose Mercury News, Religion Dispatches, Christianity Today, Sojourners, and other national publications.  If you find this helpful, please consider supporting this podcast with your <a href="https://patron.podbean.com/johnwmorehead" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patronage</a> for just a few dollars a month.

Elizabeth Drescher discusses The Nones

If you surveyed Americans, asking them to identify themselves as:A) CatholicB) MuslimC) EvangelicalD) Mormon…and so on, an increasing number will select the very last option—none of the above. Study after study has shown a steady decline in religious affiliation, with one in five Americans identifying as “None.” Traditional religious believers watch these numbers with a bit of uneasiness, wondering why fewer people are connecting with institutional religions. But many Nones continue to value religion and spirituality even though they don’t want to belong to an organized church.In this episode, Elizabeth Drescher joins us to talk about her new book on this subject, Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America’s Nones (Oxford University Press, 2016). Drescher surveyed thousands of people and directly interviewed around a hundred Nones to learn about their backgrounds, hopes, morals, and spiritual sensibilities. Her work allows us to become more familiar with some Nones in this episode of the Maxwell Institute Podcast.About Elizabeth Drescher Elizabeth Drescher is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University in California. Her work on American spirituality has been published in periodicals like America, Salon, and The Washington Post. Her books include Tweet If You  Jesus: Practicing Church in the Digital Reformation and Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America’s Nones.The post #47—The spiritual lives of America’s “Nones,” with Elizabeth Drescher [MIPodcast] appeared first on Neal A. Maxwell Institute | BYU.

If you surveyed Americans, asking them to identify themselves as: A) Catholic B) Muslim C) Evangelical D) Mormon…and so on, an increasing number will select the very last option—none of the above. Study after study has shown a steady decline in religious affiliation, with one in five Americans identifying as “None.” Traditional religious believers watch these numbers with a bit of uneasiness, wondering why fewer people are connecting with institutional religions. But many Nones continue to value religion and spirituality even though they don’t want to belong to an organized church. In this episode, Elizabeth Drescher joins us to talk about her new book on this subject, <a href="http://amzn.to/1NUuYjL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America’s Nones</a> (Oxford University Press, 2016). Drescher surveyed thousands of people and directly interviewed around a hundred Nones to learn about their backgrounds, hopes, morals, and spiritual sensibilities. Her work allows us to become more familiar with some Nones in this episode of the Maxwell Institute Podcast. <h2>About Elizabeth Drescher</h2> Elizabeth Drescher is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University in California. Her work on American spirituality has been published in periodicals like America, Salon, and The Washington Post. Her books include <a href="http://amzn.to/1N0AxCr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tweet If You Jesus: Practicing Church in the Digital Reformation</a> and <a href="http://amzn.to/1NUuYjL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America’s Nones</a>.The post <a href="https://mi.byu.wordpress.com/mip-47-drescher/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#47—The spiritual lives of America’s “Nones,” with Elizabeth Drescher [MIPodcast]</a> appeared first on <a href="https://mi.byu.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neal A. Maxwell Institute | BYU</a>.

#47—The spiritual lives of America’s “Nones,” with Elizabeth Drescher [MIPodcast]

Dr. Elizabeth Drescher is a professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University and the author, most recently, of Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America’s Nones. We spoke with her about what atheist "spirituality" really means, the problem with the language we use to talk about faith, and how religion is no longer being passed down generation after generation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Elizabeth Drescher is a professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University and the author, most recently, of Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America’s Nones. We spoke with her about what atheist "spirituality" really means, the problem with the language we use to talk about faith, and how religion is no longer being passed down generation after generation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Ep. 112 - Dr. Elizabeth Drescher, Author of Choosing Our Religion