Effervescent Atheism: Embodiment and Collective Identity at the Global Atheist Convention

The Global Atheist Convention (GAC) held in Melbourne, Australia on 13-15 April 2012 gave participants an opportunity to instantiate their atheist identities in the context of embodied, shared activity. The existence of "experiential atheism" - the embodied, collective, physical realizatio...

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Main Author: Hubble, Cale Leslie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2014]
In: Fieldwork in religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 124-146
Further subjects:B Experiential
B Atheism
B Nonreligion
B effervescence
B Ritual
B Collective
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