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Contrasting irreligious orientation: atheism and secularity in the USA and Scandinavia
No full textPhil Zuckerman, Pitzer College
Phil Zuckerman, PhD, is professor of sociology and secular studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. He studies contemporary secularity, and he is the author of Faith No More (Oxford, 2011), Society Without God (NYU, 2008), and the editor of Atheism and Secularity (2 volumes, Praeger, 2010).Atheism and secularity are not static, fixed orientations. Rather, atheism and secularity are contoured, malleable, and deeply shaped by cultural and social forces. A clear example of the degree to which atheism and secularity can be lived and expressed quite differently in different socio-cultural locations is revealed by comparing and contrasting the ways in which they are manifested in the United States and Scandinavia
Book Review of Faith No More: Why People Reject Religion by Phil Zuckerman
No full textFAITH NO MORE: WHY PEOPLE REJECTRELIGION. By Phil Zuckerman. New York:Oxford University Press, 2011. 240 pp. $24.95cloth
Phil Zuckerman. Samfund uden Gud. En amerikaner ser på religion i Danmark og Sverige
No full textPhil Zuckerman har en doktorgrad i religionssosiologi og arbeider til daglig ved Pitzer College i California, USA. I perioden fra mai 2005 til juli 2006 bodde og arbeidet Zuckerman i Århus. Ut av oppholdet i Skandinavia og hovedsaklig Danmark kom boken Samfund uden Gud, både i en engelsk og en dansk utgave. Det er den danske versjonen, oversatt fra engelsk av Karen Bek-Pedersen, som vil bli omtalt her
Sex and Religion
No full textOffers a collection of diverse and authoritative viewpoints on the ... relationship between spirituality and sexuality in the world\u27s major religions ... Each chapter explores the teachings and practices of a particular religion regarding sex and sexuality, explains controversial issues, and describes the diverse responses to those issues that exist within that traditions. This collection is perfect for courses in religion and sexuality, religion and gender, world religions, or the social aspects of religion --Cover.
Table of contents: Sex and religion, an introduction / Phil Zuckerman and Christel Manning -- Hinduism / Rita Dasgputa Sherma -- Buddhism / Alan Sponberg -- Chinese religion / Douglas Wile -- Judaism / Barbara Geller -- Christianity / Anthony F; LoPresti -- Mormonism / Klaus J. Hansen -- Children of God / Miriam Williams Boeri -- Islam / Larry Poston -- Sex and religion, concluding reflections / Christel Manning and Phil Zuckerman
Book Review of The Nonreligious: Understanding Secular People and Societies by Phil Zuckerman, Luke W. Galen, and Frank L. Pasquale
No full textThe Nonreligious: Understanding Secular People and Societies, by PHIL ZUCKERMAN, LUKE W. GALEN, and FRANK L. PASQUALE. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, 336 pp.; 99.00 (cloth
Faith No More Why People Reject Religion by Phil Zuckerman (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), 224 pages, ISBN: 9780199740017
No full textThis study evaluates the book “Faith No More Why People Reject Religion” written by Phil Zuckerman. Zuckerman, who conducts research in the fields of atheism, agnosticism, skepticism, humanism, and naturalism, examines the intellectual and social characteristics of people who abandon their beliefs in his book “Faith No More Why People Reject Religion” and questions whether people need a God to be truly moral. In our study, the apostasy stories in the book have been examined by comparing them with the author’s theses. Relationships between apostasy rates and given social variables have been evaluated in terms of scientific objectivity
Phil Zuckerman: Samfund uden Gud
No full textEn boganmeldelse af Phil Zuckermans Samfund uden Gud - En amerikaner ser på religion i Danmark og Sverig
Nulla cade fuori dal mondo. La rivoluzione copernicana del pensiero laico
No full textPer poter analizzare fruttuosamente lo scenario sociale contemporaneo e i suoi rapporti con la dimensione religiosa e nel tentativo di sostenere una tesi realistica sulla persistenza di tale fenomeno, occorre presentare – seppure solo a volo d’uccello – le caratteristiche distintive della società premoderna giacché questa, dominata dall’istituzione religiosa, costituisce una tipizzazione esemplare capace di restituire le peculiari relazioni che si vedono instaurate tra il mondo umano e quello non umano presso le cosmologie fondate sulla centralità del regno trascendente: grazie a tale breve ricostruzione, si porranno le basi per un’introduzione analitica di tipo comparativo – centrata sul problema del significato – alla complessa questione del fenomeno laicistico
Author Q and A with editor Phil Crockett Thomas and contributors on abolition science fiction
No full textIn this author Q&A, Rémy-Paulin Twahirwa speaks to editor Phil Crockett Thomas and contributors about their recent collection, Abolition Science Fiction, a collection of short science fiction stories written by activists and scholars involved in prison abolition and transformative justice in the UK
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