Examines why so many are leaving religion, and what that means for American society. One of the largest changes in American culture over the last fifty years has been the increase in people exiting religion. Goodbye Religion explores why there has been such an upswing among those who identify as nonreligious, and what the societal implications are of this move towards less religiosity.

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Demonstrates definitively that the secularization thesis is correct, and religion is losing its grip on societies worldwide. In the decades since its introduction, secularization theory has been subjected to doubt and criticism from a number of leading scholars, who have variously claimed that it is wrong, flawed, or incomplete. In Beyond Doubt, Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman, and Ryan T. Cragun mount a strong defense for the theory, providing compelling evidence that religion is indeed declining globally as a result of modernization.

This paper illustrated that atheists were twice as likely to experience discrimination in the United States in a variety of contexts compared to those who reported they simply had no religious affiliation.