LEADER 03564nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910824470103321 005 20230725044924.0 010 $a1-282-38589-5 010 $a9786612385896 010 $a0-313-35181-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000000002713 035 $a(EBL)492515 035 $a(OCoLC)609858051 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000433408 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11269318 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000433408 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10391015 035 $a(PQKB)11261062 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC492515 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL492515 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10359091 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL238589 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000002713 100 $a20090903d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAtheism and secularity$hVolume 1 & 2$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Phil Zuckerman 210 $aSanta Barbara, CA $cPraeger Perspectives$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (540 p.) 225 1 $aPraeger perspectives 300 $aTwo volumes combined as one. 311 $a3-13-351815-1 311 $a0-313-35182-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aChapter 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 327 $aChapter 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 330 $aThis important two-volume contribution to the field of secular studies offers the first comprehensive examination of atheists and non-religious people around the world. 410 0$aPraeger perspectives 606 $aIrreligion and sociology 606 $aAtheism 606 $aSecularism 615 0$aIrreligion and sociology. 615 0$aAtheism. 615 0$aSecularism. 676 $a211.6 676 $a211'.6-dc22 676 $a211/.6 701 $aZuckerman$b Phil$0740778 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824470103321 996 $aAtheism and secularity$91469277 997 $aUNINA