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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in social analysis ; 1Publisher: New York : Berghahn Books, [2017]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781785335747
  • 178533574X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Being godless.DDC classification:
  • 306.6 23
LOC classification:
  • BL2747 .B45 2017
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • BG 3000
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Contents:
Being Godless; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Ambivalent Atheist Identities; Chapter 2 Godless People and Dead Bodies; Chapter 3 Atheist Political Cultures in Independent Angola; Chapter 4 Forget Dawkins; Chapter 5 Antagonistic Insights; Chapter 6 Confessional Anthropology; Afterword; Index
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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1454971

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Being Godless; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Ambivalent Atheist Identities; Chapter 2 Godless People and Dead Bodies; Chapter 3 Atheist Political Cultures in Independent Angola; Chapter 4 Forget Dawkins; Chapter 5 Antagonistic Insights; Chapter 6 Confessional Anthropology; Afterword; Index

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.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 08, 2021).