Performing Atheist Selves in Digital Publics: U.S. Women and Non-Religious Identity Online

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Evelina Lundmark (Agder University, Norway)

Performing Atheist Selves in Digital Publics

U.S. Women and Non-Religious Identity Online

Evelina Lundmark (Agder University, Norway)

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English

Routledge
24 February 2023

Philosophy of religion; Agnosticism & atheism; Society & culture: general; Sociology

Series: Routledge Studies in Religion and Digital Culture

This book considers how the non-religious self is performed publicly online, and how digital culture and technology shapes this process. Building on a YouTube case study with women vloggers, it presents unique empirical data on non-organized atheism in the United States. Lundmark suggests that the atheist self as performed online exists in tension between a perception of atheism as sinful and amoral in relation to hegemonical Christianity in the U.S., and the hyperrational, male-centered discourse that has characterized the atheist movement. She argues that women atheist vloggers co-effect third spaces of emotive resonance that enable a precarious counterpublicness of performing atheist visibility. The volume offers a valuable contribution to the discussion of how the public, the private, and areas in-between are understood within digital religion, and opens up new space for engaging with the increased visibility of atheist identity in a mediatized society.

By: Evelina Lundmark (Agder University Norway)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 512g
ISBN: 9781032021676
ISBN 10: 1032021675
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion and Digital Culture
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 24 February 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: US Women and Non-Religious Identity Online 1. Atheist Identity in the United States: Civil Religion and Christian Privilege 2. New Atheist Discourse and Hyper Rationality: Authority, Femininity, Atheism 3. Precarious Selves: Digital Media and Exacerbated Vulnerabilities 4. Third Spaces: Evoking Resonance 5. Counter Publics: Resistance Through Dissonance Index

Evelina Lundmark currently holds a postdoctoral position at Agder University in Norway. She has a PhD in the Sociology of Religion from Uppsala University, Sweden.