Secularity and Nonreligion in North America

Jesse M. Smith is Associate Professor of Sociology at Western Michigan University, USA. Ryan T. Cragun is Professor of Sociology at the University of Tampa, USA.

“With accessible, wide-ranging summaries of the state of the field, this volume is a one-stop shop for scholars looking to orient themselves to fundamental questions in the study of nonreligion.”

• 1. Secularity and Nonreligion: An Introduction, Jesse M. Smith (Western Michigan University, USA) and Ryan T. Cragun (University of Tampa, USA)2. Demographics of the Nonreligious in the United States, Ariela Keysar (Trinity College, USA)3. Being Nonreligious in the United States, Caitlin Trombley (New York University, USA)4. Nice, Tolerant, Indifferent Canadians: Religious Nones North of the 49th, Joel Thiessen (Ambrose University, Canada) and Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme (University of Waterloo, Canada)5. Nonreligious Organizations in North America, Mathieu Colin (University of Montreal, Canada)6. The Organizational Dynamics of Local Secular Communities, Amanda Schutz (University of Michigan, USA)7. Minority Nonreligion in North America, Daniel Swann (Goucher College, USA)8. Morality, Prosociality, and Nonreligion, Luke Galen (Grand Valley State University, USA)9. The Politics of Non-religion, Jonathan Simmons (University of Alberta, Canada)10. Nonreligion and Health, David Speed (University of New Brunswick, Canada)11. Secular Parenting, Christel Manning (Sacred Heart University, USA)Index