Explaining the rise of ‘nonreligion studies': Subfield formation and institutionalization within the sociology of religion

As recently as 2008, a major reference work in the sociology of religion could (correctly) describe the study of atheism, secularity, and nonreligion as ‘meager, fragmentary, and unappreciated'. Only a decade later, this situation has been radically transformed. Not only is there a substantial,...

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Main Author: Bullivant, Stephen 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2020]
In: Social compass
Year: 2020, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 86-102
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Science of Religion / Irreligiousness / Research
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
Further subjects:B Secularity
B Atheism
B Laïcité
B Nonreligion
B subfield
B Institutionalization
B Athéisme
B sous-champ disciplinaire
B institutionnalisation
B Non-religion
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