The nonreligious : understanding secular people and societies /

The number of nonreligious people has increased dramatically over the past several decades, yet scholarship on the nonreligious is severely lacking. In response to this critical gap in knowledge, The Nonreligious provides a comprehensive summation and analysis of existing social scientific research...

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Main Authors: Zuckerman, Phil (Author), Galen, Luke W. (Author), Pasquale, Frank L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Series:UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The number of nonreligious people has increased dramatically over the past several decades, yet scholarship on the nonreligious is severely lacking. In response to this critical gap in knowledge, The Nonreligious provides a comprehensive summation and analysis of existing social scientific research on secular people and societies. The authors present a thorough overview of existing knowledge while also drawing upon ongoing research and suggesting ways to improve our understanding of this growing population. Offering a research- and data-based examination of the nonreligious, this book will be an invaluable source of information and a foundation for further scholarship. Written in clear, accessible language that will appeal to students and the increasingly interested general reader, The Nonreligious provides an unbiased and thorough account of relevant existing scholarship within the social sciences that bears on lived experiences of the nonreligious. -- Provided by publisher
'The Nonreligious' provides a comprehensive and empirically-grounded account of what we know about the growing numbers of people who are non-religious.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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