Practicing Atheism - Culture, Media, and Ritual in the Contemporary Atheist Network

Although many individuals identify as atheists, little is understood about the belief system beyond the simple lack of a belief in a higher power. Hannah K. Scheidt's Practicing Atheism: Culture, Media, and Ritual in the Contemporary Atheist Network unpacks the cultural products, both corporate-driven and grassroots, that carry messages about atheism to examine the complicated relationship between organized atheism and religion.

List of contents

• Acknowledgments


• Introduction


• Chapter One


• Deconversion Narratives: True and Enlightened Selves


• Chapter Two


• Scientific Myth: Science, Religion, and Atheism in Popular Television


• Chapter Three


• Autonomy or Authority?: Ideology, Charisma, and Patriarchy


• Chapter Four


• Ritualized Debate: Order, Redemption and Power in a Contemporary Media Practice


• Chapter Five


• Atheist Indoctrination?: Practicing Atheism in Parenthood


• Conclusion


• Culture War as Culture Ritual


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Hannah K. Scheidt received her PhD in religion studies from Northwestern University. Her work focuses on contemporary (non)religious thought, media, and theories of religion. She has contributed to the anthologies Religion and Transhumanism: The Unknown Future of Human Enhancement and American Examples: A New Conversation About Religion.

Product details

• Authors: Hannah K. Scheidt, Hannah K. ( Scheidt
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.02.2023
• EAN: 9780197536940
• ISBN: 978-0-19-753694-0
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Media Studies, RELIGION / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, RELIGION / Atheism, RELIGION / Agnosticism, History of Religion, Alternative belief systems, Agnosticism and atheism, Agnosticism & Atheism