LEADER 03985nam 22005775 450 001 9910797435403321 005 20221114044350.0 010 $a1-4798-3372-X 024 7 $a10.18574/9781479833726 035 $a(CKB)3710000000457153 035 $a(EBL)1983474 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001530201 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12544418 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001530201 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11523806 035 $a(PQKB)11158122 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1983474 035 $a(DE-B1597)547811 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781479833726 035 $a(OCoLC)915158479 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_86716 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000457153 100 $a20200723h20152015 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican Secularism $eCultural Contours of Nonreligious Belief Systems /$fJoseph O. Baker, Buster G. Smith 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 225 0 $aReligion and Social Transformation ;$v3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-4798-7372-1 311 0 $a1-4798-6741-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA nation of nonbelievers -- Classifying secularities -- A cultural view of secularities -- Historical foundations -- The great abdicating -- Nonreligious belief systems -- Ethnicity, assimilation, and secularity -- Gender and secularity -- Marriage, family, and social networks -- The (explicit) politics of secularity -- A secular, cosmical movement? 330 $aHonorable Mention, American Sociological Association Section on Religion Distinguished Book Award A rapidly growing number of Americans are embracing life outside the bounds of organized religion. Although America has long been viewed as a fervently religious Christian nation, survey data shows that more and more Americans are identifying as ?not religious.? There are more non-religious Americans than ever before, yet social scientists have not adequately studied or typologized secularities, and the lived reality of secular individuals in America has not been astutely analyzed. American Secularism documents how changes to American society have fueled these shifts in the non-religious landscape and examines the diverse and dynamic world of secular Americans. This volume offers a theoretical framework for understanding secularisms. It explores secular Americans? thought and practice to understand secularisms as worldviews in their own right, not just as negations of religion. Drawing on empirical data, the authors examine how people live secular lives and make meaning outside of organized religion. Joseph O. Baker and Buster G. Smith link secularities to broader issues of social power and organization, providing an empirical and cultural perspective on the secular landscape. In so doing, they demonstrate that shifts in American secularism are reflective of changes in the political meanings of ?religion? in American culture. American Secularism addresses the contemporary lived reality of secular individuals, outlining forms of secular identity and showing their connection to patterns of family formation, sexuality, and politics, providing scholars of religion with a more comprehensive understanding of worldviews that do not include traditional religion. Data Analyses Appendix 410 0$aReligion and social transformation. 606 $aSecularism$zUnited States 615 0$aSecularism 676 $a211/.60973 700 $aBaker$b Joseph O.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0195282 702 $aSmith$b Buster G.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797435403321 996 $aAmerican Secularism$93696771 997 $aUNINA