Atheist Awakening: Secular Activism and Community in America

by Richard Cimino, Christopher Grant Smith, Martin E. Marty, et al.

Surveys over the last twenty years have seen an ever-growing number of Americans disclaim religious affiliations and instead check the "none" box. In the first sociological exploration of organized secularism in America, Richard Cimino and Christopher Smith show how one segment of these "nones" have created a new, cohesive atheist identity through activism and the creation of communities.

According to Cimino and Smith, the new upsurge of atheists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199986320
• ISBN13: 9780199986323
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.3"