{"product_id":"being-godless-ethnographies-of-atheism-and-non-religion-9781785336287","title":"Being Godless: Ethnographies of Atheism and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tDrawing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This [insightful volume] is a much-needed collection of multiple explanations of lived atheisms and non-religion from different settings…[It] will attract anthropologists and the general reader alike.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The individual chapters and the introduction all contribute to advancing and nuancing existing theories of ‘non-religion’, religious disaffiliation, atheism, etc., and is, on the whole rather innovative, and well written.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anthropological Notebooks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The volume excels at making clear the importance of geographic context in considering non-religion and society while simultaneously presenting research that raises big questions about contemporary non-religion…a sound contribution to the study of non-religion.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Reading Religion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: \u003c\/strong\u003eGodless People, Doubt, and Atheism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRuy Llera Blanes and Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eAmbivalent Atheist Identities: Power and Non-religious Culture in Contemporary Britain\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLois Lee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eGodless People and Dead Bodies: Materiality and the Morality of Atheist Materialism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Jacob Copeman and Johannes Quack\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eAtheist Political Cultures in Independent Angola\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Ruy Llera Blanes and Abel Paxe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eForget Dawkins: Notes toward an Ethnography of Religious Belief and Doubt\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Paul-François Tremlett and Fang-Long Shih\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eAntagonistic Insights: Evolving Soviet Atheist Critiques of Religion and Why They Matter for Anthropology\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Sonja Luehrmann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eConfessional Anthropology\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eOn Atheism and Non-religion: An Afterword\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Matthew Engelke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliograpghy\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042399551831,"sku":"9781785336287","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785336287.jpg?v=1750954035","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/being-godless-ethnographies-of-atheism-and-non-religion-9781785336287","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}