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Posted by kateshellnutt | Sep 1st, 2009
Coming out atheist: young nonbelievers build community in college and online
(This article, written by Kate Shellnutt, was originally posted on Shift, a News21 site.)
As teens, they start thinking that it just doesn't make sense anymore, and for years, it's their secret… then, in college, surrounded by more open-minded peers, they come out of the dark, still-stigmatized atheist closet.
One in four adults under 30 are atheists, agnostics or unaffiliated, according...
Posted by kateshellnutt | Aug 29th, 2009
The relationship between food and faith
(This article, written by Kate Shellnutt, was originally posted on Shift, a News21 site.)
There are Hindus who haven't set foot in a temple in a decade, but still refuse to order a burger. And Muslims who smoke and drink, but won't eat a pork chop. And Jews, like 25-year-old Stacey Banchek, who hasn't attended synagogue services regularly since she moved to Washington D.C. a few years ago,...
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