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Being Godless : Ethnographies of Atheism and Non-Religion / ed. by Roy Llera Blanes, Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic. - 1 online resource (154 p.) - Studies in Social Analysis ; 1 .

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

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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.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9781785336287 9781785335747

Standard No.: 10.1515/9781785335747 doi

LCCN: 2017014832

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Atheism.
Irreligion.
Secularism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.

Subjects--Index Terms: Anthropology (General), Anthropology of Religion.

LC Class. No.: BL2747 BL2747 / .B45 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 306.6