Overseas Born ‘Religious Nones’ in Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13017488 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Possamai (0000-0002-2825-936X, corresponding author), Annette Kamp (0000-0002-5442-2044), Rhys Gower |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Secularism and Nonreligion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2053-6712 • E-ISSN: 2053-6712 |
| Publisher | Ubiquity Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5334/snr.198 |
| OpenAlex | W4404186888 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
Australia has witnessed a significant rise in people claiming ‘No-Religion’ in recent censuses with the percentage having more than doubled in the last two decades. Academic literature addressing Australian non-religion focuses on explaining this rise and/or investigating the inherent diversity of the substantial religious ‘none’ category. Existing research also tends to refer to two broad categories of non-religious people in Australia: those who become non-religious while living in Australia and those who were born non-religious. There is little understanding of the migration of non-religious people to Australia. Similarly, current migration literature abounds with analyses of religious migrant groups who contribute to the religiosity of Australia, but there is minimal investigation of non-religious migrants. The 2021 Australian national census identified that close to one-quarter of non-religious people were born outside of Australia, but it is unclear if they were already non-religious or if they ‘lost’ their religion after migration or settlement. This article seeks to understand the increase of the no-religion category by focusing on those born overseas. This investigation finds that, although not a central driver, migrants are also contributing to the ‘non-religious’ population. These findings challenge much of the migration scholarship that characterises migrants as religious and complicates understandings of migrants solely driving increased religiosity in Australia
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |