A Rise in Atheism In the year 2000, atheism was a social curiosity in America. This is not to say that America was entirely religious, but rather than the So let’s talk about the state of research on the subject of deconversion.Research in this area has revolved primarily around three things. The first relates to the characteristics and personality artifacts one finds in deconverts. The second relates to the social context in which the deconversion occurs, and the third relates to the specific drivers of deconversion.
Development of religion and worldview is the focus of a longitudinal study at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA and Bielefeld University, Germany.