Special Issue from the NCF Education Team

The special issue "Religião e escola: Democracias pluralistas, diversidade religiosa e educação pública" ["Religion and school: Pluralistic democracies, religious diversity and public education"] is now out in the journal Revista USP

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NEW PODCAST EPISODE

The fifth episode of the Lifestances Podcast, "Above Us Only Sky? Nonreligion and Changing Attitudes to Death," 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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Register Now: Meet the Author with Abby Day

On September 18 at 12pm ET, Abby Day will discuss her recent book, Why Baby Boomers Turned from Religion: Shaping Belief and Belonging, 1945-2021 (Oxford University Press, 2022).

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New Publication

Chris Miller and Lori G. Beaman’s article, “Nonreligious Afterlife: Emerging Understandings of Death and Dying,” was recently published in Religions

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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: January 21, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Virtual - Zoom
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Meet the Author Anthony Pinn (1)

Meet the Author with Anthony Pinn

In this webinar, Anthony Pinn will discuss 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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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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Our colleagues in Brazil are seeking a postdoctoral fellow for a project exploring “Deep Equality.” Read more here.

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

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