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Daniel Winchester @bishopofwestsaxons.bsky.social · 2d

ATTENTION PLEASE. Open access in current issue of @jssreligion.bsky.social

"...[J]ust like the people we study, how scholars make meaning of religious worlds is dependent on what we learn to bring into focus and what we are taught to ignore. As such, we must learn to pay attention to attention."

Becoming Religious as an Education of Attention

A vast literature in the social scientific study of religion demonstrates that religious people are made not born. More specifically, researchers have shown that becoming religious is something that ...

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 15d

🧵 Who's the most informed about American politics? Very lefty seculars.

My new FREE study @sfjournal.bsky.social finds atheists/agnostics, especially if they are politically sorted, score higher on knowledge of basic civics & current politics than other groups. 1/ academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

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ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 29d

Looking for an easy way to follow other members of ASA Religion? Look no further than this Starter Pack!

go.bsky.app/6cTpB24

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Nonreligion in a Complex Future @nonreligioncf.bsky.social · Sep 4

The 2025 Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network Conference will take place on Sept. 8-10 in Bratislava, Slovakia and virtually. It will feature presentations from leading researchers on nonreligion, including many NCF team members. For more details, see here:

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2025 Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network Conference

Nonreligion and Secularity at Cultural Crossroads 8-10 September 2025 Venue: Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ilkovicova 6, Bratislava, Conference Book of Abstracts c…

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Christopher Han-Fai Seto @criminovelist.bsky.social · Aug 22

Some thoughts on criminology + writing crime fiction, featured today on my publisher's blog

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Tule Author Q&A: Christopher Seto talks creativity within constraints, his background in criminology, and shares insights on his upcoming Tule debut! - Tule Publishing Group

You’ve got a Ph.D. in criminology and teach at Purdue—what led you from the world of true crime to writing fiction? I read a lot of murder mysteries during my Ph.D. program. Especially classic whodunn...

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Jacqui Frost @jacquifrost.bsky.social · Jul 10

Had a great time presenting on the Nonreligions Across the Globe panel at #ISAForum25. I learned a lot about nonreligion in Pakistan and Japan!

ISA Research Committee 22 – Religion @isa-rc22.bsky.social · Jul 10

Fourth day of presentations at sessions by RC22 Sociology of religion. Thanks all for insightful and friendly Q&As. #ISAForum25 @isa-sociology.org

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Nonreligion in a Complex Future @nonreligioncf.bsky.social · Jul 3

Read the newest article from NCF team members Dana Gaudette, Ryan T. Cragun, and Sivert Skålvoll Urstad, "A Disparity in Soul and Afterlife Beliefs: Exploring Cultural Perspectives and Predictors in Nordic Countries," Nordic Journal of Religion and Society

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Yunping Tong @yunpingtong.bsky.social · Jun 26

How common is religious switching around the world? A new Pew Research Center post provides insights based on surveys conducted in 117 countries and territories.
Some key findings:
- Globally, 1 in 10 adults under 55 have switched religions since childhood.
More here: pewrsr.ch/46dKGbF

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Jacqui Frost @jacquifrost.bsky.social · Jun 21

I'm really excited about this paper! And it's open access! Check it out if you are interested in how variation in nonreligious experience predicts variation in health outcomes.

Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social · Jun 21

Just published with @jacquifrost.bsky.social and Mahala Miller

Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social · Jun 21

Check this out if you're interested in religion and well-being too.

Varieties of Nonreligious Experience: Expanding Understandings of Nonreligious Wellbeing - Frost/Edgell/Miller, Sociology of Health & Illness onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Jun 12

The only liquid modernity I accept

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Secularism & Nonreligion @s-n-journal.bsky.social · Jun 12

🌟New Article🌟

“Altruistic Atheists” by Phil Zuckerman & Sophie Myers

What motivates altruistic behavior among people who don't believe in God, were raised in nonreligious families, and live in largely secular societies?

🔗 Read the answer here: doi.org/10.5334/snr....

#Altruism #Nonreligion

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Donovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · Jun 9

Heads-up, early career scholars in religious studies and secularism studies!

The IRCPL at Columbia is accepting submissions for the Claremont Prize, awarded to unpublished book manuscripts on the study of religion. The prize includes publication with CUP.

www.ircpl.columbia.edu/claremont-pr...

Opportunities — Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life

The Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion

www.ircpl.columbia.edu

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Jun 9

NEW: For years, my team has been working on a report about major changes in the global religious landscape between 2010 and 2020.

Here's the full thing: www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

I'll post key findings below.

How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020

Christians remain the largest religious group, and Muslims grew the fastest from 2010 to 2020. Read how the global share of Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated changed, according ...

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Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) @sssreligion.bsky.social · May 26

📣Bryn Mawr College invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellow for a scholar with expertise in contemporary American religion. The Fellow will partner with President Wendy Cadge and research collaborators nationally. Start date July, 2025. sssreligion.org/announcement...

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Nonreligion in a Complex Future @nonreligioncf.bsky.social · May 20

Register now for @thensrn.bsky.social's annual virtual lecture, Growing Up Godless: Childhood and the Formation of Non-Religion, featuring @annastrhan.bsky.social and Rachael Shillitoe

May 22, 12:30pm ET

Register here: ut-ee.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures @ircsf.bsky.social · May 6

Check out this podcast episode titled "Losing Our #Religion? It's Not That Simple" with our Director Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme:
In English: share.transistor.fm/s/b3bb6fe2
In French: share.transistor.fm/s/48a60d76

Losing Our Religion? It's Not That Simple | Eh Sayers | Episode 25

Is that Canada in the corner? In the spotlight? Are we losing our religion? The census found that 12.6 million people reported no religious affiliation in 2021, more than 1/3 of Canada's population. ...

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Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social · May 1

Really looking forward to giving the NSRN Annual Lecture next month together with Rachael Shillitoe. We’ll be speaking about our research on how and why children are growing up non-religious, and how that plays out in everyday life #atheism #humanism

NSRN Online @thensrn.org.web.brid.gy · Apr 10

NSRN Annual Lecture 2025

You are cordially invited to the NSRN Annual Lecture 2025, which will be given by Anna Strhan and Rachael Shillitoe. The title of the lecture is Growing Up Godless: Childhood and the Formation of Non-Religion. How are children’s non-belief and non-religion formed in everyday life? While previous studies have shown that what happens during childhood…Read more NSRN Annual Lecture 2025

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Landon Schnabel @landonschnabel.bsky.social · Apr 14

New study with great collaborators that follows young people from adolescence into adulthood and shows why they are leaving *organized* religion: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

Press release summarizing the study: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

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Jacqui Frost @jacquifrost.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thanks Jaime! This is a great summary of our findings. I think our findings also raise some important questions about what we mean by "meaningful" and the different ways survey respondents think about questions related to meaning in life. It was a fun project!

Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · Apr 2

Finally read @jacquifrost.bsky.social @pennye.bsky.social & Mahala Miller's "What makes life meaningful" for Americans. More Americans thought relationships, a healthy lifestyle & financial stability was more important to living a meaningful life than religion 1/3 academic.oup.com/socrel/artic...

What Makes Life Meaningful? Combinations of Meaningful Commitments Among Nonreligious and Religious Americans

Abstract. Having a sense that one’s life is meaningful is related to, but distinct from, happiness, satisfaction, or living a moral life. Scholars across d

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Ryan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social · Mar 9

One of the most important findings in the Pew Landscape Study is also echoed in data from the General Social Survey.

The "nones" identity is way stickier now.

In the 1970s, only 36% of folks raised without religion were still nones as adults.

Now, it's 66%.

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braydenking.bsky.social @braydenking.bsky.social · Mar 8

I’m not sure @jlkucinskas.bsky.social intended this book to be as relevant as it now is. This is a great book that speaks to our current moment. Go get it!