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Organized Secularism in the United States: New Directions in Research

Description: There has been a dramatic increase in the percentage of the US population that is not religious. However, there is, to date, very little research on the social movement that is organizing to serve the needs of and advocate for the nonreligious in the US. This is a book about the rise and structure […]

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No One Expects a Transgender Jew: Religious, Sexual and Gendered Intersections in the Evaluation of Religious and Nonreligious Others

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T., and J. E. Sumerau. 2017. “No One Expects a Transgender Jew: Religious, Sexual and Gendered Intersections in the Evaluation of Religious and Nonreligious Others.” Secularism and Nonreligion 6(0):1–16. doi: https://doi.org/10.5334/snr.82. This article can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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United States of America: Secularist, Humanist, Atheist, and Freethought Bus Advertisements in the United States; Functions, Responses, and Effectiveness

Citation:Homan, Casey P., Marcus Mann, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2016. “United States of America: Secularist, Humanist, Atheist, and Freethought Bus Advertisements in the United States; Functions, Responses, and Effectiveness.” Pp. 369–94 in The Atheist Bus Campaign: Global Manifestations and Responses, edited by S. Tomlins and S. Bullivant. Leiden ; Boston: Brill Academic Pub. This book chapter […]

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Defining That Which is “Other to” Religion: Secularism, Humanism, Atheism, Freethought, etc.

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T. 2016. “Defining That Which is ‘Other to’ Religion: Secularism, Humanism, Atheism, Freethought, Etc.” Pp. 1–16 in Religion: Beyond Religion, Macmillan Reference USA, edited by P. Zuckerman. New York City: MacMillan Publishing Company. This book chapter can be downloaded here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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Sociology of Nonreligion and Atheism

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T. 2016. “Sociology of Nonreligion and Atheism.” Pp. 301–20 in Handbook of Religion and Society, edited by D. Yamane. Switzerland: Springer. You can download this book chapter here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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Does It Matter Which Way We Go?

Citation:Cragun, Ryan T. 2016. “Does It Matter Which Way We Go?” Free Inquiry, 33–37. You can download this article here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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Atheism Looking In: On the Goals and Strategies of Organized Nonbelief

Citation:Langston, Joseph A., Joseph H. Hammer, and Ryan T. Cragun. 2015. “Atheism Looking In: On the Goals and Strategies of Organized Nonbelief.” Science, Religion, and Culture 2(3):70–85. doi: https://doi.org/10.17582/journal.src/2015/2.3.70.85. Or you can download it here. (Image generated using DALL-E 3.)

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