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008			150329s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aBL 2747.8 _b.B285 2015
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100	1		_aBaker, Joseph O., _d1938- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAmerican secularism : _bcultural contours of nonreligious belief systems / _cJoseph O. Baker and Buster G. Smith.
264		1	_aNew York : _bNew York University Press, _c2015
264		4	_c2015
300			_ax, 293 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aReligion and social transformation
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 271-281) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : A nation of nonbelievers -- Classifying secularities -- A cultural view of secularities -- Historical foundations -- The great abdicating -- Nonreligious belief systems -- Ethnicity, assimilation, and secularity -- Gender and secularity -- Marriage, family, and social networks -- The (explicit) politics of secularity -- Conclusion : A secular, cosmical movement?
520			_aA rapidly growing number of Americans are embracing life outside the bounds of organized religion. Although America has long been viewed as a fervently Christian nation, survey data show that more and more Americans identify as "not religious." American Secularism documents how changes to American society have fueled these shifts in the (non)religious landscape and examines the diverse and dynamic world of secular Americans. Baker and Smith offer a framework for understanding nonreligious belief systems as worldviews in their own right, rather than merely as negations of religion. Drawing on multiple sources of empirical data, this volume explores how people make meaning outside of organized religion, outlines multiple expressions of secular identity, and connects these self-expressions to patterns of family formation, socialization, social class, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Further, the authors demonstrate how shifts in secularisms reflect changes in the political meanings of religion in American culture. Ultimately, American Secularism offers a more comprehensive sociological understanding of worldviews beyond traditional religion. -- from back cover.
650		0	_aSecularism _zUnited States.
700	1		_aSmith, Buster G., _eauthor.
830		0	_aReligion and social transformation.
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