How Do Religious People Become Atheists? Applying a Grounded Theory Approach to Propose a Model of Deconversion

Figures & Tables

Available demographic information from CP testimonies.

Testimony	Age	Sex	Former religious affiliation	Country
1	Not disclosed	Male	Evangelical	United States
2	Not disclosed	Male	Presbyterian	Brazil
3	Not disclosed	Male	Pentecostal	United States
4	Not disclosed	Female	United Church of Christ	United States
5	Not disclosed	Male	Presbyterian	United States
6	Not disclosed	Male	Self realization fellowship	United States
7	Not disclosed	Female	Methodist	United States
8	Not disclosed	Male	Evangelical	United States
9	39	Male	Dutch reformed	South Africa
10	Not disclosed	Female	Catholic	United States
11	34	Male	Pentecostal	United States
12	74	Male	Baptist	United States
13	Not disclosed	Male	Evangelical	United States
14	Not disclosed	Male	Baptist	United States
15	Not disclosed	Male	Baptist	United States
16	73	Male	Methodist	United States
17	Not disclosed	Male	Baptist	United States
18	Not disclosed	Male	Lutheran	United States
19	74	Female	Presbyterian	United States
20	60	Male	Pentecostal	Canada
21	Not disclosed	Male	Mennonite	United States
22	Not disclosed	Male	Jehovah’s witness	Scotland
23	Not disclosed	Male	Evangelical	United States
24	Not disclosed	Male	Baptist	United States
25	Not disclosed	Male	Baptist	United States
26	72	Male	Lutheran	Canada
27	Not disclosed	Male	Church of Christ	United States
28	Not disclosed	Female	Church of Canada	Canada
29	Not disclosed	Male	Methodist	United States
30	Not disclosed	Female	Methodist	United States

Participants’ demographic information.

Participant	Age	Sex	Former religious affiliation	Nationality
A	35	Male	Catholic	Irish
B	34	Female	Protestant	Northern Irish
C	40	Female	Catholic	Irish
D	66	Male	Catholic	Irish
E	32	Female	Pentecostal	Irish
F	40	Female	Catholic	Irish