Has There Been a Religious Revival in the UK?

In this article, Conrad Hackett (Pew Research) digs into this question and shows how certain survey methods can offer a skewed picture

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Religion and Nonreligion in Same-Sex Marriage Debates

We're pleased to announce this new book, edited by Juan Marco Vaggione, Paula Montero, and Lori G. Beaman, which examines the debate around same-sex marriage in seven countries

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Are there individuals who hold no supernatural beliefs yet still believe in a soul?

Find out this and more in the newest article by Dana Gaudette, Ryan T. Cragun, and Lori G. Beaman, “Appropriating the 'Soul': Evolving Understandings in Canada and the United States"

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New Book Alert

Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion (edited by Lori G. Beaman, Ryan Cragun, and Douglas Ezzy) is now available

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How best should we measure nonreligion?

Find out in the latest article, "Measuring Nonreligion as Absence: Testing Various Approaches," by Ryan Cragun, Hugo Rabbia, Sivert Skålvoll Urstad, and Peter Beyer

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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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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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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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Book Launch: Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion

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Recent News

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

We are excited to announce the first two books in the NCF’s open-access book series with De Gruyter: Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion (edited by Lori Beaman, Ryan Cragun, and Douglas Ezzy) and Religion and Nonreligion in Same-Sex Marriage Debates: Emerging Imaginaries (edited by Juan Marco Vaggione, Paula Montero, and Lori G. Beaman).

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We are pleased to announce that NCF Director, Lori G. Beaman, has recently been awarded the Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Read more here.

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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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