A humane and sensible guide to and for the many kinds of Americans
leading secular lives in what remains one of the most religious
nations in the developed world. The New York Times Book Review Over
the last twenty-five years, no religion has become the
fastest-growing religious preference 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 Living the Secular Lifewill be
indispensable for millions of secular Americans. Drawing on
innovative sociological research, Living the Secular
Lifeilluminates this demographic shift with the moral convictions
that govern secular individuals, offering crucial information for
the religious and nonreligious alike.Living the Secular Lifereveals
that, despite opinions to the contrary, nonreligious Americans
possess a unique moral code that allows them to effectively
navigate the complexities of modern life. Spiritual self-reliance,
clear-eyed pragmatism, and an abiding faith in the Golden Rule to
adjudicate moral decisions: these common principles are shared
across secular society. Living the Secular Lifedemonstrates these
principles in action and points to their usage throughout daily
life. Phil Zuckerman is a sociology professor at Pitzer College,
where he studied the lives of the nonreligious for years before
founding a Department of Secular Studies, the first academic
program in the nation dedicated to exclusively studying secular
culture and the sociological consequences of America s
fastest-growing faith. Zuckerman discovered that despite the
entrenched negative beliefs about nonreligious people, American
secular culture is grounded in deep morality and proactive
citizenship indeed, some of the very best that the country has to
offer. Living the Secular Lifejourneys through some of the most
essential components of human existence child rearing and morality,
death and ritual, community and beauty and offers secular readers
inspiration for leading their own lives. Zuckerman shares
eye-opening research that reveals the enduring moral strength of
children raised without religion, as well as the hardships
experienced by secular mothers in the rural South, where church
attendance defines the public space. Despite the real sorrows of
mortality, Zuckerman conveys the deep psychological health of
secular individuals in their attitudes toward illness, death, and
dying. Tracking the efforts of nonreligious groups to construct
their own communities, Zuckerman shows how Americans are building
institutions and cultivating relationships without religious
influence. Most of all, Living the Secular Lifeinfuses the
sociological data and groundbreaking research with the moral
convictions that govern secular individuals and demonstrates how
readers can integrate these beliefs into their own lives. A
manifesto for a booming social movement and a revelatory survey of
this overlooked community Living the Secular Lifeoffers essential
and long-awaited information for anyone building a life based on
his or her own principles."
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