{"id":270,"date":"2004-09-26T02:09:00","date_gmt":"2004-09-26T02:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=270"},"modified":"2004-09-26T02:09:00","modified_gmt":"2004-09-26T02:09:00","slug":"270","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=270","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

“The fastest-growing religion”<\/strong><\/p>\n

James R. Lewis (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point) collects data on new religious movements in this article<\/a> in the online Marburg Journal of Religion<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In New Zealand, at least, “The fastest growing segment is Paganism (‘Nature and Earth Based Religions’)”. The data from other English-speaking countries are suggestive too, but the United States, of course, does not ask questions about religious affiliation in its census.<\/p>\n

My earlier posts on this topic are here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The fastest-growing religion” James R. Lewis (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point) collects data on new religious movements in this article in the online Marburg Journal of Religion. In New Zealand, at least, “The fastest growing segment is Paganism (‘Nature and Earth Based Religions’)”. The data from other English-speaking countries are suggestive too, but the United States, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-270","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":168,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=168","url_meta":{"origin":270,"position":0},"title":"The fastest-growing religion? The notion\u2026","author":"Chas S. 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