The Features of Nordic Nonreligion: Individual Perceptions and Experiences, Rituals, Institutions, and the Law
The amount of people who do not identify with a religious tradition is growing across the world, including the Nordic countries.
In this symposium, scholars present some Nordic findings from an international study that considers the impact of nonreligion in the areas of the environment, the law, migration, health, and culture.
We have examined who the nonreligious are and which role nonreligion plays in the ways people interact with nature, in law, migration policies and refugee reception, burial rituals, and pop culture. Our focus is how the approaches and interests of the nonreligious challenge existing and taken-for-granted practices and cultures.
The symposium is open and will take place on June 6-7 in Auditorium 3, Eilert Sundts Hus, University of Oslo. Welcome!
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
Countering hatred on the basis of religion or belief: The need for transformative responses from States and civil society
Professor Nazila Ghanea, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, will share key findings from her forthcoming mandate report to the Human Rights Council. This report addresses the advocacy of hatred on the basis of religion or belief observed around the world, and calls for greater efforts to counter hate speech; promote freedom of religion or belief; foster interfaith and intercultural dialogue; and protect religious and belief minorities while upholding all human rights.
1:30pm ET (in-person)
Registration Required
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
Meet the Author with Callum Brown, David Nash, and Charlie Lynch
NCF Student Workshop: Introduction to Quantitative Research, with Ryan Cragun
This workshop will address the logic behind quantitative approaches and the basis of survey research. This workshop is exclusively for members of the NCF student caucus. To register, contact Nathan Alexander (nalexand@uottawa.ca).
12pm ET
New Books on Secularism, Gender, Law and Politics: Nonreligion in Late Modern Societies (2022)
Meet the Author with Sebastian Elsässer
In this webinar, Sebastian Elsässer will discuss his recent article, “Arab Non-Believers and Freethinkers on YouTube: Re-Negotiating Intellectual and Social Boundaries,” Religions 12, no. 2 (2021).
12pm ET
Meet the Author with Margit Warburg
In this webinar, Margit Warburg will discuss her recent article, “Forest burials in Denmark: Nature, non-religion and spirituality,” Approaching Religion 13, no. 1 (2023): 73–89.
12pm ET
NSRN Annual Lecture: Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman, and Ryan T. Cragun
In this webinar, Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman, and Ryan T. Cragun discuss their recent book, Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society (NYU Press, 2023). (Co-hosted with the Nonreligion in a Complex Future Project.)