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1 online resource (540 pages) |
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Cover; Atheism and Secularity: Volume 1; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: The Social Scientific Study of Atheism and Secularity; Chapter 1: What Is Atheism?; Chapter 2: Atheism, Secularity, the Family, and Children; Chapter 3: A Portrait of Secular Group Affiliates; Chapter 4: Sexuality and the Secular; Chapter 5: Morality and Immorality among the Irreligious; Chapter 6: The Evolution of Popular Religiosity and Secularism: How First World Statistics Reveal Why Religion Exists, Why It Has Been Popular, and Why the Most Successful Democracies Are the Most Sec |
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Chapter 7: Atheism, Secularity, and GenderChapter 8: Freethinkers and Hell Raisers: The Brief History of American Atheism and Secularism; Chapter 9: Defining Religion and Modifying Religious ''Bodies'': Secularizing the Sacred and Sacralizing the Secular; Index; About the Editor and Contributors; Atheism and Secularity: Volume 2; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: The Social Scientific Study of Atheism and Secularity; Chapter 1: Athei |
| Summary |
Who are atheists? How does atheism relate to various aspects of our social world, such as politics, feminism, globalization, and the family? And what is the current state of atheism internationally? Atheism and Secularity addresses the growing interest in the non-religious world by exploring these and related questions. It is a comprehensive and compelling look at atheists and atheism both nationally and internationally, covering a range of topics often overlooked in other books on the subject. Atheism and Secularity is not a philosophical, polemic work, but rather an exploration of who athei |
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Print version record |
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Irreligion and sociology.
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Atheism.
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Secularism.
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atheism.
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Atheism
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Irreligion and sociology
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Secularism
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780313351822 |
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0313351821 |
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