Apisteology - The Study of Not-Believing

This book unites the burgeoning scholarly literature on not-believing in various disciplines into a proposed new field of apisteology. It demonstrates that not-believing-like not-knowing-is a worthy and distinct subject and not merely a vacuum where belief (like knowledge) is lacking.

List of contents

Introduction: Not-Believing as a Subject for Study
1. Conceiving Belief and Not-Belief
2. Apisteology as a Field of Study
3. Philosophy and Apisteology
4. Psychology and Apisteology
5. Neuroscience and Apisteology
6. Sociology and Apisteology
7. Anthropology and Apisteology
8. Fake News: A Case Study for Apisteology

About the author

Jack David Eller is a cultural anthropologist and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology with Woxsen University in Hyderabad, India. His research interests include religion, psychological anthropology, violence, and ethnicity and diversity. An experienced teacher and author, his other books for Routledge include Cultural Anthropology: Global Forces, Local Lives; Introducing Anthropology of Religion; and Psychological Anthropology for the 21st Century.

Product details

• Authors: Jack David (Woxsen University Eller, Eller Jack David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.06.2025
• EAN: 9781041046363
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4104636-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Atheism, RELIGION / Agnosticism, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Philosophy of religion, Agnosticism and atheism, Agnosticism & Atheism