Being Godless: Ethnographies of Atheism and Non-Religion
Drawing on ethnographic inquiry and the anthropological literature on doubt and atheism, this volume explores people's reluctance to pursue religion. The contributors capture the experiences of godless people and examine their perspectives on the role of religion in their personal and public li...
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New York, NY
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2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Edition: | 1st edition |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in Social Analysis
1 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Irreligiousness
/ Irreligiosity
/ Atheism
/ Secularism
/ Unbelief
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Collection of essays
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| Summary: | Drawing on ethnographic inquiry and the anthropological literature on doubt and atheism, this volume explores people's reluctance to pursue religion. The contributors capture the experiences of godless people and examine their perspectives on the role of religion in their personal and public lives. In doing so, the volume contributes to a critical understanding of the processes of disengagement from religion and reveals the challenges and paradoxes that godless people face Introduction: Godless People, Doubt, and Atheism -- Ruy Llera Blanes and Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic -- Chapter 1. Ambivalent Atheist Identities: Power and Non-religious Culture in Contemporary Britain -- Lois Lee -- Chapter 2. Godless People and Dead Bodies: Materiality and the Morality of Atheist Materialism -- Jacob Copeman and Johannes Quack -- Chapter 3. Atheist Political Cultures in Independent Angola -- Ruy Llera Blanes and Abel Paxe -- Chapter 4. Forget Dawkins: Notes toward an Ethnography of Religious Belief and Doubt -- Paul-François Tremlett and Fang-Long Shih -- Chapter 5. Antagonistic Insights: Evolving Soviet Atheist Critiques of Religion and Why They Matter for Anthropology -- Sonja Luehrmann -- Chapter 6. Confessional Anthropology -- Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic -- Chapter 7. On Atheism and Non-religion: An Afterword -- Matthew Engelke -- Bibliograpghy -- Index -- |
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| Item Description: | Zielgruppe - Audience: Professional and scholarly |
| ISBN: | 178533574X |