Description
Book SynopsisThe present collection brings together a set of essays which shed light on recent research into non-religion, secularity and atheismâtopics which have been emerging as important areas of current research in a number of different disciplines. The essays cover a wide spanâin terms of the various stances they discuss (secular, atheist, non-religious), the settings in which these topics are relevant (families, wider society, politics, demography) and the different perspectives which relate to socialisation and social relations (belief acquisition, discrimination). Written by authors from a variety of national settings and academic disciplines, the collection presents a range of methodologies, combining theoretical approaches with quantitative and qualitative research findings. The authors address issues related to an important academic field which had been neglected for some time, but which has been made relevant by the increasing percentage of people professing a non-religious stance.
