Religion, Difference, and Indifference

Lee, Lois

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-48476-1_6

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“…Empirical studies show that for some, nonreligion is an active part of their identity constituted in opposition to religious individuals, doctrines and/or institutions, as more relational or dialogue-oriented. For others, religion is distant and removed from their identity, as they are indifferent to the notion of religion in itself (Lee 2017, Urstad 2018.…”

Section: Nonreligion and Nonreligious Identitiesmentioning

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Lived Religion and Nonreligion Among Humanitarians in South Sudan

Rapisarda¹,

Steen-Johnsen²,

Urstad³

2021

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We explore how expatriate humanitarian workers relate their religious, spiritual or nonreligious identities to their life and work in the challenging context of South Sudan. Recent studies have claimed that lived religion and nonreligion must be studied as culturally and contextually contingent phenomena. The empirical basis for this study is data from nine interviews with humanitarian workers in South Sudan who identify as either religious/spiritual or nonreligious. We aim to explore (1) how the humanitarians participating in this research describe their religious/spiritual or nonreligious identities and (2) how they relate their non/religious identities to the choice and experience of working as humanitarians. Both religious/spiritual and nonreligious informants associate their choice to work as humanitarians with values such as equality, dignity, justice and respect for life. Humanitarian work marked by parallel processes of sacralisation and secularisation allows for an understanding of similar values from different perspectives and therefore for the connotation of the same values in religious or nonreligious/secular terms.

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Section: Nonreligion and Nonreligious Identitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lived Religion and Nonreligion Among Humanitarians in South Sudan

Rapisarda¹,

Steen-Johnsen²,

Urstad³

2021

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Secularity and Irreligion in Cross‐National Context: A Nonlinear Approach

Kasselstrand

2019

Scientific Study of Religion

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As part of the conversation about the characteristics and scope of secularization in contemporary society, the implications of low levels of self‐defined atheism and explicit rejection of religion in nations with low levels of religious beliefs are not yet sufficiently explored. In response, this study uses aggregated data from the World Values Survey, the European Values Study, and Cross‐National Socio‐Economic and Religion Data from the Association of Religion Data Archives to investigate the relationships between nonbelief, atheism, and lack of confidence in churches or religious organizations. Regression findings show a concave curvilinear relationship between secularity (measured as the percentage of the population that does not believe in God) and irreligion (measured as (1) the percentage of self‐defined atheists in a country and (2) the percentage of individuals in a country who have no confidence at all in religious organizations). In other words, this study suggests that nonbelief is associated with an increase in self‐defined atheism and the lack of confidence in religious organizations, but that this effect wanes the more secular a society is. The findings further highlight the complexity of nonreligiosity and imply that a linear association cannot be assumed between measures of secularization, secularity, and irreligion.

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Nonbelief, Majority Church, and National Identity: Conceptions of Cultural Christianity, the Danish ‘Folk Churchʼ, and Danishness

Lundmark¹,

Mauritsen²

2022

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Religion, Difference, and Indifference

Cited by 3 publications

References 25 publications

Lived Religion and Nonreligion Among Humanitarians in South Sudan

Lived Religion and Nonreligion Among Humanitarians in South Sudan

Secularity and Irreligion in Cross‐National Context: A Nonlinear Approach

Nonbelief, Majority Church, and National Identity: Conceptions of Cultural Christianity, the Danish ‘Folk Churchʼ, and Danishness

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