Over the past couple of years, many scholars and journalists have been trying to make sense of the United States’ unprecedented decline in religious affiliation. About 25% of Americans are “nones,” meaning they claim no religion. And most nones — about 41 million Americans — are what sociologist Stephen Bullivant calls “nonverts,” those who once identified with religion but ceased to.

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