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Read More Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles To what extent do supernatural beliefs, group affiliation, and social interaction produce values and behaviors that benefit others, i.e., prosociality? Addressing this question involves multiple variables interacting within complex social networks that shape and constrain the beliefs and behaviors of individuals. We examine the relationships among some of …

Modeling the Effects of Religious Belief and Affiliation on Prosociality Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles Read More »

Read More Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles Atheists are among the most disliked groups in America, which has been explained in a variety of ways, one of which is that atheists are hostile towards religion and that anti-atheist prejudice is therefore reactive. We tested this hypothesis by using the 2018 American General Social Survey by …

Love thy Neighbour… or not: Christians, but not Atheists, Show High In-Group Favoritism Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles Read More »

Read More Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles The notion of enchantment has been largely imagined as relating to religion, broadly defined, including magic, sorcery, and the transcendental. The idea that the world has largely become disenchanted has been associated with science, modernity, and rationality, among other things. Along with others such as William E. Connolly, …

Reclaiming Enchantment: The Transformational Possibilities of Immanence Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles Read More »

Read More Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles In the contemporary UK, holistic practices – concerned with healing an interconnected mind, body, and spirit of the person – appear to be establishing themselves across more popular, or ‘mainstream’ settings. Simultaneously, the UK has seen increasing numbers of individuals identifying as not religious, and within this a …

The Relationship Between Holistic Practice and ‘Spiritual but not Religious’ Identity in the UK Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles Read More »

Read More Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles This article provides scholars of nonreligion and secularism with an introduction to some of the major opportunities and challenges associated with the growing application of computational methods to the phenomena they study. It also illustrates these opportunities and challenges by describing several overlapping research projects and some of …

Simulating Secularities: Challenges and Opportunities in the Computational Science of (Non)Religion Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles Read More »

Read More Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles In the United States, nonreligious people face stigma, prejudice, and discrimination because they are viewed as immoral and distrustful. This is partly because of othering, by which nonreligious people are subjugated to a minority status. Othering also occurs in academic research and writing. Applying feminist principles can improve …

Advancing the Study of Nonreligion through Feminist Methods Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles Read More »

Read More Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles This paper aims at exhibiting a convergence between particular ‘religious sensibilities’ that would require, according to prominent anthropologists, a transformation of the way in which freedom of speech is usually understood under Western secular-liberal law. In particular, Saba Mahmood’s anthropology gains from revealing its potential, but also its …

Is Secularism Too Western? Disputes Around Offending Pictures of Muhammad and the Virgin Mary Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles Read More »

Read More Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles In late March 2019, British atheist YouTuber “Rationality Rules” published a video in which he argued that trans women should be excluded from women’s sports. Accused of transphobia, he was denounced by a prominent atheist organization, which led to intense arguments in Anglophone atheist spaces on YouTube, Facebook, …

YouTube Drama in an Atheist Public: A Case Study Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles Read More »

Read More Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles Previous research has suggested individuals can draw on resources from a diverse range of existential cultures when constructing their personal worldviews. However, the ways individuals’ beliefs and worldviews are acquired and develop is still only partially understood. This study investigates these processes of worldview dynamics by exploring the …

‘I Believe in Something; I Don’t Know What It Is’: An Exploration of Five British Hindus’ Worldviews Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles Read More »

Read More Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles Over the last two decades and, most recently because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a growing interest in studying topics related to dying and death in various fields of research. Research has started to explore, in more detail, death and bereavement among nonreligious people in contemporary …

Dreaming On: Dying Behaviour and the Romantic-Individualist Ethos Secularism and Nonreligion Latest Articles Read More »