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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780933503321

Titolo

Atheism and secularity . Volume 1 & 2 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Phil Zuckerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, CA, : Praeger Perspectives, c2010

ISBN

1-282-38589-5

9786612385896

0-313-35181-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (540 p.)

Collana

Praeger perspectives

Altri autori (Persone)

ZuckermanPhil

Disciplina

211.6

211'.6-dc22

211/.6

Soggetti

Irreligion and sociology

Atheism

Secularism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Two volumes combined as one.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

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: Atheism and Secularity in North America; Chapter 2: Atheism and Secularity in Modern Japan; Chapter



3: Atheism and Secularity in the Former Soviet Union

Chapter 4: Atheism and Secularity in GhanaChapter 5: The Triumph of Indifference: Irreligion in British Society; Chapter 6: Atheism and Secularity in the Arab World; Chapter 7: Atheism and Secularity in India; Chapter 8: Atheism and Secularity in the Netherlands; Chapter 9: Atheism and Secularity: The Scandinavian Paradox; Chapter 10: Atheism and Secularity in China; Index; About the Editor and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This important two-volume contribution to the field of secular studies offers the first comprehensive examination of atheists and non-religious people around the world.