Living the secular life: new answers to old questions
β Scribed by Phil Zuckerman
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group;Penguin Press
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 194 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0698170083
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β¦ Synopsis
"A humane and sensible guide to and for the many kinds of Americans leading secular lives in what remains one of the most religious nations in the developed world." --The New York Times Book Review
Over the last twenty-five years, "no religion" has become the fastest-growing religious preference in the United States. Around the world, hundreds of millions of people have turned away from the traditional faiths of the past and embraced a moral yet nonreligious--or secular--life, generating societies vastly less religious than at any other time in human history. Revealing the inspiring beliefs that empower secular culture--alongside real stories of nonreligious men and women based on extensive in-depth interviews from across the country--Living the Secular Life will be indispensable for millions of secular Americans.
Drawing on innovative sociological research, Living the Secular Life illuminates this demographic shift with the moral...
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