Being godless : ethnographies of atheism and non-religion / edited by Ruy Llera Blanes and Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blanes, Ruy Llera, 1976- editor.

Oustinova-Stjepanovic, Galina, editor.

Series:

Studies in Social Analysis ; Volume 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irreligion.

Atheism.

Secularism.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford, [England] : Berghahn, 2017.

Summary:

Drawing 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction. Godless People, Doubt, and Atheism

Chapter 1 Ambivalent Atheist Identities: Power and Non-religious Culture in Contemporary Britain

Chapter 2 Godless People and Dead Bodies: Materiality and the Morality of Atheist Materialism

Chapter 3 Atheist Political Cultures in Independent Angola

Chapter 4 Forget Dawkins: Notes toward an Ethnography of Religious Belief and Doubt

Chapter 5 Antagonistic Insights: Evolving Soviet Atheist Critiques of Religion and Why They Matter for Anthropology

Chapter 6 Confessional Anthropology

Afterword: On Atheism and Non-Religion

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781785335747

178533574X

OCLC:

979994663