A fascinating exploration of the breadth of social, emotional, and
spiritual experiences of atheists in America Self-identified
atheists make up roughly 5 percent of the American religious
landscape, comprising a larger population than Jehovah’s
Witnesses, Orthodox Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus
combined. In spite of their relatively significant presence in
society, atheists are one of the most stigmatized groups in the
United States, frequently portrayed as immoral, unhappy, or even
outright angry. Yet we know very little about what their lives are
actually like as they live among their largely religious, and
sometimes hostile, fellow citizens. In this book, Jerome P. Baggett
listens to what atheists have to say about their own lives and
viewpoints. Drawing on questionnaires and interviews with more than
five hundred American atheists scattered across the country, The
Varieties of Nonreligious Experience uncovers what they think about
morality, what gives meaning to their lives, how they feel about
religious people, and what they think and know about religion
itself. Though the wider public routinely understands atheists in
negative terms, as people who do not believe in God, Baggett pushes
readers to view them in a different light. Rather than simply
rejecting God and religion, atheists actually embrace something
much more substantive—lives marked by greater integrity,
open-mindedness, and progress. Beyond just talking about or to
American atheists, the time is overdue to let them speak for
themselves. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in
joining the conversation.
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