Why Women Are Opting Out of Religion

People who identify as ‘nones,’ or nonreligious, are one of the fastest-growing groups in America

campWomen praying at an evangelical church in Oakland, California. Photo: Michelle Vignes/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images

Deirdre Sugiuchi was five when her dad became a born-again Christian. She grew up bouncing between Mississippi churches: Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian Church in America. (“The hardcore version,” she says.) They attended twice a day on…