The Varieties of Nonreligious Experience : Atheism in American Culture /

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A fascinating exploration of the breadth of social, emotional, and spiritual experiences of atheists in America Self-identified atheists make up roughly 5 percent of the American religious landscape, comprising a larger population than Jehovah's Witnesses, Orthodox Christians, Muslims, Buddhist...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baggett, Jerome P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2019]
Colección:Secular Studies ; 2
Temas:
Atheism > United States.
Atheism-United States.
RELIGION / Atheism.
God.
New Atheist.
William James.
acquisition narratives.
agnostic root.
ancient Greece.
atheists.
closed-mindedness.
conflict myth.
conversion.
critical root.
diversity.
empirical root.
gratitude.
imagined community.
immanent root.
inquisitives.
integrity.
judge.
morality.
open-mindedness.
personally meaningful.
psychological.
public discourse.
religion.
religions.
religiosity.
religious institutions.
science.
scientism.
sociology.
sovereign.
spiritual.
stigma stories.
teleological.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part I. Getting the Lay of the Land: Identifying as Atheist
  • 1. Well, I'll Be Damned!: Considering Atheism beyond the "Popular View"
  • 2. Acquiring Atheist Identities: Four Acquisition Narratives
  • 3. Maintaining Atheist Identities: Stigma, Reason, Feelings
  • Part II. Digging a Bit Deeper: Cultivating Atheist Sensibilities
  • 4. The Empirical Root: Science without Scientism
  • 5. The Critical Root: Living with Integrity by Saying No
  • 6. The Agnostic Root: Being Open by Saying "I Don't Know"
  • 7. The Immanent Root: Progressing by Saying Yes
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix A. The Varieties of Nonreligious Experience: Interview Schedule (E- mail Version)
  • Appendix B. The Varieties of Nonreligious Experience: A Demographic Snapshot
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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