Guests: Dr. Barry Kosmin, ARIS Principal Investigator & Author Susan Jacoby
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2009
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Barry A. Kosmin, a principal researcher of the definitive American Religious Identification Survey, will talk about the newest ARIS results released this week showing that up to 1 in 5 adult Americans is nonreligious, and the continuing decline of religiosity in America. Author, journalist and freethinker Susan Jacoby will talk about her op-ed piece in The New York Times, "Keeping the Faith, Ignoring the History," detailing what's wrong with faith-based funding and offices in the federal government.
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