NDLI: Secular Americans and Secular Jewish Americans: Similarities and Differences

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Keysar, Ariela
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	This paper explores similarities and differences between Americans of Jewish heritage who profess no religion and the general population of Americans who profess no religion. The “no religion” group may be the vanguard of secularism. In degree of secularization, Jews and non-Jews of no religion come from different starting points and are on different trajectories. Data sources are the American Jewish Identity Survey (AJIS) 2001 for the Jewish population and the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) 2001 for the general population. While the socio-demographic profile of a person who professes no religion in the general population is quite distinct (a young, single male who resides in the West or the Northeast), the no-religion segment of Jews is demographically much like the religious segment. One explanation might be the relatively larger share of “no religion” Jews in the total Jewish population so Jews professing no religion are not a fringe group. Another is American Jews’ unique social history and greater exposure to secularism.
Starting Page	29
Ending Page	44
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01471694
Journal	Contemporary Jewry
Volume Number	30
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	18765165
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2009-07-29
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Jews Secular No religion Demographics AJIS 2001 ARIS 2001 Humanities Social Sciences Anthropology Sociology Religious Studies
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Religious Studies History Anthropology Cultural Studies

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