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Nonreligion in a Complex Future

La Nonreligion dans un Futur Complexe

The Nonreligion in a Complex Future (NCF) project is an international, comparative, interdisciplinary research project which identifies the social impact of the rapid and dramatic increase of nonreligion in Canada, Australia, the Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland), the United States, the United Kingdom, and Latin America (Brazil and Argentina).

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Date: May 14, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: University of Ottawa and Zoom
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Nonreligion in Brazil and Beyond Emerging Approaches and Future Directions (1)

Nonreligion in Brazil and Beyond: Emerging Approaches and Future Directions

In this seminar, Olívia Barbosa, Guilherme Borges, and Renata Nagamine will present emerging approaches to studies on nonreligion. To do so, they will focus particularly on the Brazilian context, which has not yet been thoroughly explored in these studies. Based on quite diverse research objects, these scholars will analyze the dynamics of constructing what is understood as nonreligion in the largest country in South America.
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