Table 1
Sample Demographics of Interviewees—Study One, Nonbelievers; n = 20.
| Gender | |
|---|---|
| Male | 8 |
| Female | 12 |
| Race | |
| White | 19 |
| Asian | 1 |
| Religion of Origin | |
| Christian (85%) | |
| Catholic | 6 |
| Baptist | 3 |
| Pentecostal | 1 |
| Mormon | 2 |
| Lutheran | 1 |
| Methodist | 2 |
| Jehovah’s Witness | 2 |
| Non-Christian (15%) | |
| Jewish | 1 |
| Hindu | 1 |
| Nonreligious | 1 |
| Education/Degrees | |
| High School | 1 |
| Associates | 1 |
| Bachelors | 12 (with 2 holding two Bachelor’s degrees) |
| Masters | 2 |
| PhD | 4 |
| Job/Profession | |
| Stay-at-home parent | 7 (5 mothers; 2 fathers) |
| Computer Programming | 2 |
| Accounting | 1 |
| Entrepreneur | 2 |
| Law | 1 |
| Military | 1 |
| Education | 3 |
| Banking | 1 |
| Research | 1 |
| Unemployed | 1 (trained lawyer) |
| Preferred Religious Identifier | |
| Atheist | 6 |
| Agnostic | 8 |
| (Secular) Humanist | 2 |
| Spiritual But Not Religious | 2 |
| Freethinker | 1 |
| Skeptic | 1 |
Table 2
Sample Demographics of Interviewees—Study Two, Pagans; n = 20.
| Gender | |
|---|---|
| Male | 9 |
| Female | 11 |
| Race | |
| White | 17 |
| Black | 1 |
| Latinx | 1 |
| Biracial | 1 |
| Religion of Origin | |
| Christian (80%) | |
| Catholic | 4 |
| Baptist | 4 |
| Pentecostal | 2 |
| Mormon | 1 |
| Lutheran | 2 |
| Methodist | 2 |
| Jehovah’s Witness | 1 |
| Non-Christian (20%) | |
| Pagan | 3 |
| Nonreligious | 1 |
| Education/Degrees | |
| GED | 1 |
| High School | 6 |
| Some College | 4 |
| Associates/2-year technical | 5 |
| Bachelors | 4 |
| Job/Profession | |
| Stay-at-home parent | 2 (mothers) |
| Hourly Customer Service | 4 |
| Customer Service Manager | 1 |
| Administrative Assistant | 1 |
| Carpenter | 1 |
| Mechanic | 1 |
| Chef | 1 |
| Entrepreneur | 1 |
| Unemployed | 8 (7 men; 1 woman) |
| Preferred Religious Identifier | |
| (Neo-)Pagan | 4 |
| Wiccan/Witch/Strega | 6 |
| Animist | 2 |
| Druid | 1 |
| Norse | 1 |
| Eclectic (Pagan) | 6 |