The Diversity of Nonreligion

Normativities and Contested Relations

Johannes Quack, Cora Schuh, Susanne Kind

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Routledge
02 July 2019

Religion & politics; Agnosticism & atheism; Sociology

Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

This book explores the relational dynamic of religious and nonreligious positions as well as the tensions between competing modes of nonreligion. Across the globe, individuals and communities are seeking to distinguish themselves in different ways from religion as they take on an identity unaffiliated to any particular faith. The resulting diversity of nonreligion has until recently been largely ignored in academia.

Conceptually, the book advances a relational approach to nonreligion, which is inspired by Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory. It also offers further analytical distinctions that help to identify and delineate different modes of nonreligion with respect to actors’ values, objectives, and their relations with relevant religious others. The significance of this conceptual frame is illustrated by three empirical studies, on organized humanism in Sweden, atheism and freethought in the Philippines, and secular politics in the Netherlands. These studies analyze the normativities and changing positions of different groups against the background of both institutionalized religious practice and changing religious fields more generally.

This is a fascinating exploration of how nonreligion and secularities are developing across the world. It complements existing approaches to the study of religion, secularity, and secularism and will, therefore, be of great value to scholars of religious studies as well as the anthropology, history, and sociology of religion more generally.

By: Johannes Quack, Cora Schuh, Susanne Kind
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9780367185480
ISBN 10: 0367185482
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 02 July 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1 Introduction: Researching the Diversity of Nonreligion 2 Concept: Non/religious Constructions and Contestations 3 Contested Humanist Identities in Sweden 4 Collective Nonreligiosities in the Philippines 5 Secularizing Politics in the Netherlands 6 Comparison: Normativities and Contested Relations

Johannes Quack is Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He is the author of Disenchanting India: Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India (2012). Cora Schuh is a PhD student at the Institute for the Study of Culture, University of Leipzig, Germany. Susanne Kind is a PhD student at the Institute for the Study of Culture, University of Leipzig, Germany.

Reviews for The Diversity of Nonreligion: Normativities and Contested Relations

`This is a timely work that considerably furthers our understanding of nonreligious identities in regions that hitherto have seen little scholarly attention. The authors provide researchers with an invaluable toolbox for and illuminating examples of thorough and multidimensional analysis of contemporary nonreligion vis-a-vis its societal others.' - Tom Kaden, University of Bayreuth, Germany