Join us as we welcome Dr. Joel Thiessen and Dr. Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme as guest speakers for our next lecture in the 2022-2023 Lectures in Catholic Experience series. Co-authors of the book None of the Above: Nonreligious Identity in the US and Canada, Dr. Thiessen and Dr. Wilkins-Laflamme will examine how nearly one-third of American and Canadian adults say they have no religion. They will explore questions of who these individuals are; why and where this population has grown; how religious “nones” in the United States and Canada compare; the dynamics of being a religious none in contemporary America and Canada, and how this willful distance from organized religion impacts other aspects of daily and social life. To answer these questions, our lecturers will highlight aspects of their study which turns to high-quality survey and interview data positioned against the backdrop of three theoretical frameworks in the field of sociology of religion: stages of decline, individualization and spiritualization, as well as polarization.

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Dr. Joel Thiessen is Professor of Sociology, Director of the Flourishing Congregations Institute, and Chair of the Social Sciences Department at Ambrose University in Calgary, Alberta.	Dr. Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo.