Is Anne Rice just the beginning? The novelist found religion in the years after writing macabre vampire tales—and recently announced on her Facebook page that she will hereby “quit Christianity,” although she will continue to pray privately. With scandals surrounding the Catholic Church, and an increasingly secular society, is faith on the wane in America? Bill Lobdell writes in the Los Angeles Times, Rice is now one a growing number of “unaffiliated” worshippers. Do you call yourself religious—and if so, do you align with a particular church?
Guests:
William Lobdell, freelance journalist whose opinion piece The Anne Rice defection: It's the tip of the religious iceberg ran in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times; author of Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America — and Found Unexpected Peace
Alan Cooperman, Associate Director of Research, Pew Forum