Watch Now: Meet the Author – Margit Warburg

In this webinar, Margit Warburg discussed her recent article, “Forest burials in Denmark: Nature, non-religion and spirituality,” Approaching Religion 13, no. 1 (2023): 73–89.

Register Now: Meet the Author with Sebastian Elsässer

On December 5 at 12pm ET, Sebastian Elsässer will discuss his recent article, "Arab Non-Believers and Freethinkers on YouTube: Re-Negotiating Intellectual and Social Boundaries" (2021).

How have obituaries changed over the past hundred years?

NEW PODCAST EPISODE

The third episode of the Lifestances Podcast, "Food for the Plums? Green Burials and the Circle of Life," is now available

Watch Now: NSRN Annual Lecture

In this webinar, Ryan Cragun, Isabella Kasselstrand, and Phil Zuckerman discussed their new book, Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society

What do invasive slugs in community gardens tell us about nonreligion?

New Publication

Lori G. Beaman and Lauren Strumos's article, “Towards Equality: Including Non-Human Animals in Studies of Lived Religion and Nonreligion," was recently published in Social Compass

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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: January 16, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Virtual - Zoom
Meet the Author with Brown, Nash, Lynch

Meet the Author with Callum Brown, David Nash, and Charlie Lynch

In this webinar, Callum Brown, David Nash, and Charlie Lynch will discuss their recent book, The Humanist Movement in Modern Britain: A History of Ethicists, Rationalists and Humanists (Bloomsbury, 2022).
12pm ET
Date: February 13, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Virtual - Zoom
Meet the Author David Speed and Penny Edgell (1)

Meet the Author with David Speed and Penny Edgell

In this webinar, David Speed and Penny Edgell will discuss their recent article, “Eternally Damned, Yet Socially Conscious? The Volunteerism of Canadian Atheists,” Sociology of Religion (2023).

12pm ET

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Date: March 5, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Virtual - Zoom
Meet the Author with Nadia Beider

Meet the Author with Nadia Beider

In this webinar, Nadia Beider will discuss her recent article, “Religious residue: The impact of childhood religious socialization on the religiosity of nones in France, Germany, Great Britain, and Sweden,” British Journal of Sociology (2022).

12pm ET

Recent Event Recordings

Meet the Author: Margit Warburg


NSRN Annual Lecture: Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman, and Ryan T. Cragun


Meet the Author - Teemu Taira

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.

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

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