| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 235 pages) |
| Contents |
Contradistinctions in terms: vocabulary for the study of secularity and non-religion -- The insubstantial and the substantial seculars: theories of secularity and non-religion -- The unwaved flag: everyday and banal forms of non-religion -- Out of the shadows: non-religious and secularist bodies in relief -- Friends and 'anti-Fennelists': non-religous relationships and solidarities -- Disaffiliation and misaffiliation: identifying non-religion in public life -- Beyond unbelief: non-religion and existential culture |
| Summary |
Making sense of secularity and irreligion, and the relationship between them has emerged as a crucial task for those seeking to understand contemporary societies and the nature of 'modern' life. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in southeast England, this volume develops a new vocabulary, theory, and methodology for thinking about the secular. It distinguishes between separate and incommensurable aspects of so-called secularity, as insubstantial and substantial |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Secularism -- Great Britain
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Irreligion -- Great Britain
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RELIGION -- Agnosticism.
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Secularism
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Irreligion
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Religion.
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191800436 |
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0191800430 |
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9780191056659 |
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0191056650 |
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