American Secularism: Cultural Contours of Nonreligious Belief Systems

A rapidly growing number of Americans are embracing life outside the bounds of organized religion. Although America has long been viewed as a fervently religious Christian nation, survey data shows that more and more Americans are identifying as "not religious." There are more non-religious Americans than ever before, yet social scientists have not adequately studied or typologized secularities, and the lived reality of secular individuals in America has not been astutely analyzed. American Secularism documents how changes to American society have fueled these shifts in the non-religious lands

Author(s): Joseph O. Baker, Buster G. Smith
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2015-09-25
Pages: 303
Categories: History