Nonreligion: Meaning, Practice, and Consequences across the Life Course, Part 1

This session will feature papers that examine whether and how nonreligious beliefs and practices change across the life course. How do life course transitions such as aging, marriage, or parenthood shape nonreligious beliefs and behaviors? Do changes in an individuals' nonreligious beliefs and behaviors impact other aspects of their life, such as their health, their sexual/gender identity, or their politics? Are there differences between people who are recently nonreligious and people who have been nonreligious for a long period of time? As the global population of nonreligious people continues to grow, understanding nonreligion as a complex system of beliefs that changes over time and is shaped by the life course will be an important step in assessing the causes and consequences of religious change.