Being Godless: Ethnographies of Atheism and Non-Religion
Roy Llera Blanes
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Description for Being Godless: Ethnographies of Atheism and Non-Religion
Paperback. Drawing on ethnographic inquiry and the anthropological literature on doubt and atheism, this volume explores people's reluctance to pursue religion. Editor(s): Blanes, Ruy Llera. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRQA5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Drawing on ethnographic inquiry and the anthropological literature on doubt and atheism, this volume explores people's reluctance to pursue religion. The contributors capture the experiences of godless people and examine their perspectives on the role of religion in their personal and public lives. In doing so, the volume contributes to a critical understanding of the processes of disengagement from religion and reveals the challenges and paradoxes that godless people face.
Drawing on ethnographic inquiry and the anthropological literature on doubt and atheism, this volume explores people's reluctance to pursue religion. The contributors capture the experiences of godless people and examine their perspectives on the role of religion in their personal and public lives. In doing so, the volume contributes to a critical understanding of the processes of disengagement from religion and reveals the challenges and paradoxes that godless people face.
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785335730
SKU
V9781785335730
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99-15
About Roy Llera Blanes
Ruy Llera Blanes is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Bergen and associate researcher at the Instittue of Social Sciences in Lisbon. Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Ediburgh.
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