Bibliograph

Living the secular life, new answers to old questions, Phil Zuckerman

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Living the secular life, new answers to old questions, Phil Zuckerman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Living the secular life

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

870919751

Responsibility statement

Phil Zuckerman

Sub title

new answers to old questions

Summary

A sociology professor examines the demographic shift that has led more Americans than ever before to embrace a nonreligious life and highlights the inspirational stories and beliefs that empower modern-day secular cultureOver 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

Table Of Contents

Morality -- The good society -- Irreligion rising -- Raising kids -- Creating community -- Trying times -- Don't fear the reaper -- Aweism

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