LEADER 05253nam 2200649 450 001 9910791039303321 005 20230629171927.0 010 $a0-231-53700-X 024 7 $a10.7312/brew16358 035 $a(CKB)2550000001298506 035 $a(EBL)1634848 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001193645 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12422370 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001193645 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11136141 035 $a(PQKB)10128092 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1634848 035 $a(DE-B1597)458258 035 $a(OCoLC)879610848 035 $a(OCoLC)880403756 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231537001 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1634848 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10871765 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL608924 035 $a(iGPub)COLB0001891 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001298506 100 $a20140530h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAtheists in America /$fedited by Melanie E. Brewster ; cover designer, Catherine Casalino 205 $aPilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (271 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-231-16358-4 311 0 $a1-306-77673-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tAcknowledgments --$tINTRODUCTION. The Other Closet: An Introduction to Atheism and Coming Out Processes --$tPART 1. LEAVING FAITH --$tArriving at Atheist Identity from Religious Backgrounds --$t1. HOW I GOT TO NONE OF THE ABOVE /$rBurstein, Alvin --$t2. RELIGION AND THE F-WORD (FEMINISM) /$rLynnette --$t3. CLAP OUR HANDS LIKE TREES /$rMatallana, Chris --$t4. EX-MORMON /$rJudd, Cora --$tPART 2. CULTURAL CONTEXTS IN COMING OUT AS ATHEIST --$tIntroduction --$t5. AN UNEXAMINED LIFE /$rCabelle, Naima --$t6. USER ERROR: COMING OUT AS ATHEIST IN UTAH /$rMouritsen, James --$t7. THE NAMES WE CALL HOME /$rMirza, Shawn --$t8. A LIFE OF CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS /$rHoelscher, David --$tPART 3. TWO CLOSETS? Identifying as Both LGBTQ and Atheist --$tIntroduction --$t9. A TALE OF TWO CLOSETS /$rMills, Stephen S. --$t10. THE PERMANENT PRODIGAL DAUGHTER /$rConnelly, Sherilyn --$t11. FAR FROM HOME /$rNorris, David Philip --$tPART 4. AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH --$tNavigating Romantic Relationships as an Atheist --$t12. AN ATHEIST'S SIMPLE REVELATION ABOUT LOVE: IT'S COMPLICATED /$rSahker, Ethan --$t13. SWEPT UNDER THE RUG /$rRurouni, Kristen --$t14. ON LOVE AND CREDULITY /$rHart, Matt --$tPART 5. FAMILY LIFE AND ATHEIST PARENTING --$tIntroduction --$t15. DINNER WITH GRANDMA /$rAdams, Ronnelle --$t16. PARENTING AUTHENTICALLY IN AN INTERFAITH MARRIAGE /$rZimmerman, Kevin J. --$t17. HAVING A BABY MADE ME AN ATHEIST /$rWatkins, Amy --$t18. BORN SECULAR /$rFagan, Adrienne Filardo --$tPART 6. THE SEARCH FOR CONNECTION --$tComing Out to Friends and Questing for Community --$t19. SLOW GROWTH /$rHumphrey, Justus --$t20. AN ATHEIST IN THE BIBLE BELT /$rFriedel, Brittany --$t21. COMING OUT AND FINDING HOME /$rZerba, Pam --$tPART 7. ATHEISM AT WORK --$tTales of Coming Out to Coworkers and Colleagues --$t22. IS THIS THE WAY TO AMARILLO? /$rNeedleman, Samuel W. --$t23. CRACKING OPEN THE CLOSET DOOR /$rOrtiz, Camilo --$t24. MY FAVORITE ATHEIST /$rDouma, John --$tPART 8. ATHEISM AND AGING --$tThe Challenges of Entering Older Adulthood as a Nonbeliever --$t25. THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED /$rRaabe, Ursula --$t26. A CONTRARIAN LIFE STORY /$rClemens, Elizabeth Malm --$t27. DARK MATTER AND MISSING SOCKS /$rBennett, Margaret M. --$tConcluding Thoughts: The Open Door --$tNotes --$tBibliography 330 $aThis collection features more than two dozen narratives by atheists from different backgrounds across the United States. Ranging in age, race, sexual orientation, and religious upbringing, these individuals address deconversion, community building, parenting, and romantic relationships, providing a nuanced look at living without a god in a predominantly Christian nation. These narratives illuminate the complexities and consequences for nonbelievers in the United States. Stepping away from religious belief can have serious social and existential ramifications, forcing atheists to discover new ways to live meaningfully without a religious community. Yet shedding the constraints of a formal belief system can also be a freeing experience. Ultimately, this volume shows that claiming an atheist identity is anything but an act isolated from the other dimensions of the self. Upending common social, political, and psychological assumptions about atheists, this collection helps carve out a more accepted space for this minority within American society. 606 $aAtheists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aAtheism$zUnited States 615 0$aAtheists 615 0$aAtheism 676 $a811/.80973 702 $aBrewster$b Melanie E. 702 $aCasalino$b Catherine 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791039303321 996 $aAtheists in America$93804456 997 $aUNINA