Contrasting irreligious orientation: atheism and secularity in the USA and Scandinavia
Zuckerman, Phil (2012)
The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi
2012
Kuvaus
Phil Zuckerman, Pitzer College
Phil Zuckerman, PhD, is professor of sociology and secular studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. He studies contemporary secularity, and he is the author of Faith No More (Oxford, 2011), Society Without God (NYU, 2008), and the editor of Atheism and Secularity (2 volumes, Praeger, 2010).
Phil Zuckerman, PhD, is professor of sociology and secular studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. He studies contemporary secularity, and he is the author of Faith No More (Oxford, 2011), Society Without God (NYU, 2008), and the editor of Atheism and Secularity (2 volumes, Praeger, 2010).
Tiivistelmä
Atheism and secularity are not static, fixed orientations. Rather, atheism and secularity are contoured, malleable, and deeply shaped by cultural and social forces. A clear example of the degree to which atheism and secularity can be lived and expressed quite differently in different socio-cultural locations is revealed by comparing and contrasting the ways in which they are manifested in the United States and Scandinavia.