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The Diversity of Nonreligion - Normativities and Contested Relations (Hardcover)
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The Diversity of Nonreligion - Normativities and Contested Relations (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion
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This book explores the relational dynamic of religious and
nonreligious positions as well as the tensions between competing
modes of nonreligion. Across the globe, individuals and communities
are seeking to distinguish themselves in different ways from
religion as they take on an identity unaffiliated to any particular
faith. The resulting diversity of nonreligion has until recently
been largely ignored in academia. Conceptually, the book advances a
relational approach to nonreligion, which is inspired by Pierre
Bourdieu's field theory. It also offers further analytical
distinctions that help to identify and delineate different modes of
nonreligion with respect to actors' values, objectives, and their
relations with relevant religious others. The significance of this
conceptual frame is illustrated by three empirical studies, on
organized humanism in Sweden, atheism and freethought in the
Philippines, and secular politics in the Netherlands. These studies
analyze the normativities and changing positions of different
groups against the background of both institutionalized religious
practice and changing religious fields more generally. This is a
fascinating exploration of how nonreligion and secularities are
developing across the world. It complements existing approaches to
the study of religion, secularity, and secularism and will,
therefore, be of great value to scholars of religious studies as
well as the anthropology, history, and sociology of religion more
generally.
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