Organized Secularism in the United States : New Directions in Research

Organized Secularism in the United States New Directions in Research

There has been a dramatic increase in the percentage of the US population that is not religious. However, there is, to date, very little research on the social movement that is organizing to serve the needs of and advocate for the nonreligious in the US. This is a book about the rise and structure o...

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Other Authors: Fazzino, Lori L. (auth), Cragun, Ryan T., editor (editor), Fazzino, Lori L., editor, Manning, Christel, editor
Format: Electronic
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter 2017
[2017]
Series:Religion and Its Others
Subjects:
Secularism > United States.
Atheismus.
Secularism.
Säkularisierung.
Säkularismus.
atheism.
secularization.
social movements.
soziale Bewegungen.
Soziale Bewegung
Religionslosigkeit
Säkularisierung
Religion
Atheismus
RELIGION / Atheism.
United States > Religion.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009420094506719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface / Zuckerman, Phil
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction / Cragun, Ryan / Manning, Christel
  • "I Know It When I See It:" Humanism, Secularism, and Religious Taxonomy / Richter, Charles Louis
  • Mid-Nineteenth-Century Secularism as Modern Secularity / Rectenwald, Michael
  • "Splitters!": Lessons from Monty Python for Secular Organizations in the US / Fazzino, Lori L. / Cragun, Ryan T.
  • Recognizing and Categorizing the Secular: Polysecularity and Agendas of Polysecularism / Shook, John R.
  • Organizational Variation in the American Nonreligious Community / Schutz, Amanda
  • Building Bridges in the Shadows of Steeples: Atheist Community and Identity Online / Addington, Aislinn
  • Communal Secularity: Congregational Work at the Sunday Assembly / Smith, Jesse M.
  • Rejecting Rejection Identities: Negotiating Positive Non-religiosity at the Sunday Assembly / Frost, Jacqui
  • Inside The Minds and Movement of America's Nonbelievers: Organizational Functions, (Non)Participation, and Attitudes Toward Religion / Langston, Joseph / Hammer, Joseph / Cragun, Ryan / Sikes, Mary Ellen
  • A Typology of Organized Atheists and Secularists in Germany and the United States / Mastiaux, Björn
  • Your Wedding, Your Way: Personalized, Nonreligious Weddings through the Universal Life Church / Hoesly, Dusty
  • Doing Death Without Deity: Constructing Nonreligious Tools at the End of Life / MacMurray, Nicholas J. / Fazzino, Lori L.
  • Old Questions and New Issues for Organized Secularism in the United States / Kosmin, Barry
  • Index

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