Living the secular life : new answers to old questions / Phil Zuckerman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zuckerman, Phil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secularism--United States.

Secularism.

United States.

Physical Description:

276 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Press, 2014.

Summary:

Over the last twenty-five years, "no religion" has become the fastest-growing religion in the United States. Around the world, hundreds of millions of people have turned away from the traditional faiths of the past and embraced a moral yet nonreligious--or secular--life, generating societies vastly less religious than at any other time in human history. Revealing the inspiring beliefs that empower secular culture--alongside real stories of nonreligious men and women based on extensive in-depth interviews from across the country. Zuckerman is a sociologist who in this groundbreaking book writes clearly, offers unobtrusive statistical support, and provides a persuasive and comprehensive look at the growing contemporary phenomenon of people who choose to live without religion, but with ethics and meaning in their lives.

Contents:

Morality

The good society

Irreligion rising

Raising kids

Creating community

Trying times

Don't fear the reaper

Aweism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781594205088

1594205086

OCLC:

870919751