NEW PODCAST EPISODE

The sixth episode of the Lifestances Podcast, "Trekking Toward Awe: Rethinking Humans’ Experiences with Nature," is now available

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Watch Now: Meet the Author with Anthony Pinn

In this webinar, Anthony Pinn discussed his recent book, The Black Practice of Disbelief: An Introduction to the Principles, History, and Communities of Black Nonbelievers (Beacon Press, 2024).

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New Podcast Featuring Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme

NCF Collaborator Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme was recently interviewed on the Voice of Canadian Humanism Podcast

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The rise of the non-religious in Canada

This new article in Broadview Magazine draws on NCF research to explore the rise of the nonreligious

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What can hiking tell us about lifestances and nonreligion?

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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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Our Upcoming Events

Date: April 9, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Virtual - Zoom
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NPP Poster Statistics

Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations

Using Statistics

This webinar series – co-hosted by the Nonreligion in a Complex Future Project and the International Society for Historians of Atheism, Secularism, and Humanism – brings together historians and social scientists to discuss key issues in the study of nonreligion. This webinar will focus on how historians and social scientists can use statistics and data in the study of nonreligion.

The panelists are: Callum Brown (University of Glasgow), Hugo Rabbia (National University of Córdoba), Todd Weir (University of Groningen), and Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme (University of Waterloo).

1pm ET

Date: April 22, 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Virtual - Zoom
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NCF Generic Event (2)

Nonreligion and the Pew Religious Landscape Study

In this webinar, Gregory A. Smith (Pew Research Center) will discuss findings from the Pew Religious Landscape Study 2023-2024, followed by commentary from Kati Tervo-Niemelä (University of Eastern Finland), Peter Beyer (University of Ottawa), and Ryan Cragun (University of Tampa).

11:00am ET

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Recent News

All of our sub-projects continue to move forward with their research, with many now analyzing data and preparing to mobilize results. Read more about all of these projects here.

We are pleased to announce that NCF team member Mehmet Ali Başak (University of Ottawa) successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Becoming Nonreligious in a Contemporary Muslim Majority Context: Exploring the Religion to Nonreligion Transition Among Young Adults in Türkiye.”

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The sixth episode of the Lifestances Podcast, the new podcast from the NCF, is now available. Listen here.

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