03564nam 2200673Ia 450 991082447010332120230725044924.01-282-38589-597866123858960-313-35181-3(CKB)2550000000002713(EBL)492515(OCoLC)609858051(SSID)ssj0000433408(PQKBManifestationID)11269318(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000433408(PQKBWorkID)10391015(PQKB)11261062(MiAaPQ)EBC492515(Au-PeEL)EBL492515(CaPaEBR)ebr10359091(CaONFJC)MIL238589(EXLCZ)99255000000000271320090903d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAtheism and secularityVolume 1 & 2[electronic resource] /edited by Phil ZuckermanSanta Barbara, CA Praeger Perspectivesc20101 online resource (540 p.)Praeger perspectivesTwo volumes combined as one.3-13-351815-1 0-313-35182-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 SecChapter 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 UnionChapter 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 ContributorsThis important two-volume contribution to the field of secular studies offers the first comprehensive examination of atheists and non-religious people around the world.Praeger perspectivesIrreligion and sociologyAtheismSecularismIrreligion and sociology.Atheism.Secularism.211.6211'.6-dc22211/.6Zuckerman Phil740778MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824470103321Atheism and secularity1469277UNINA