Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us about Contentment

A few years ago, Phil Zuckerman—with his wife and two, soon three, children—picked up and moved to Denmark where he lived and travelled and, most of all, listened to Danes and Swedes talk about all manner of religious topics. Among other things, his book, based largely on the 149 formal interviews,...

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Main Author: Baggett, Jerome P. 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press 2010
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 2010, Volume: 71, Issue: 3, Pages: 382-384
Review of:Society without God (New York, NY : New York University Press, 2008) (Baggett, Jerome P.)
Society without God (New York, NY [u.a.] : New York Univ. Press, 2008) (Baggett, Jerome P.)
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Summary:A few years ago, Phil Zuckerman—with his wife and two, soon three, children—picked up and moved to Denmark where he lived and travelled and, most of all, listened to Danes and Swedes talk about all manner of religious topics. Among other things, his book, based largely on the 149 formal interviews, he conducted during his time abroad, sends sociologists accustomed to studying religion within single national (or more localized) contexts a gentle reminder: You really should get out more often.
ISSN:1759-8818
Contains:Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srq038