Understanding Unbeliefs and Reclaiming Enchantment
Report on the 2019 Cultures of Unbelief conference.
Nonreligion & Secularity Blog
Topics: Atheism Belief Meaning
Most Atheists ‘Still Believe in the Supernatural’, New Study Finds
Researchers from the global Understanding Unbelief program said that many of the ideas held about atheists are ‘a simplification at best.’
Yahoo! News
Topics: Atheism Meaning Morality Values
Empathy, Morality, Community, Culture — Apes Have It All
Primatologist Frans de Waal takes exception with human exceptionalism.
Nautilus
Topics: Altruism Animal Studies Atheism Cooperation Emotion Empathy Fairness Frans de Waal Human Uniqueness Morality Religiosity
Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prize-Winning Physicist Says
In conversation, the 2019 Templeton Prize winner does not pull punches on the limits of science, the value of humility, and the irrationality of nonbelief.
Scientific American
Topics: Atheism Humility Knowledge Limits of Science Marcelo Gleiser Science & Religion Dialogue Spirituality
‘New Age’ Beliefs Common Among Both Religious and Nonreligious Americans
New Age beliefs are not necessarily replacing belief in traditional forms of religious beliefs or practices.
Pew Research Center
Topics: Atheism Belief Demography Religious Groups Spirituality
Why Atheists Are Not as Rational as Some Like to Think
‘I don’t believe in God, I believe in science,’ atheists often argue. But that doesn’t mean their thinking is evidence-based.
The Conversation
Topics: Atheism Belief Cognition Rationality
When and Why Do People Become Atheists? New Study Uncovers Important Predictors
The less that parents “walk the walk” about religious beliefs, the more likely their children are to walk away.
Big Think
Topics: Atheism Belief Religious Change Ritual Scientific Study of Religion
The Religious Typology
A new analysis looks at beliefs and behaviors that cut across many religious denominations — important traits that unite people of different faiths, or that divide those of the same religious affiliation.
Topics: Atheism Belief Demography Religiosity Religious Groups Spirituality
Computer Modeling Religion
Recent computer models suggest that religious beliefs are unlikely to disappear anytime soon. What else could computers tell us about this deeply human phenomenon?
Living Lab Radio, WCAI
Topics: Atheism Religiosity Religious Change Scientific Study of Religion
Why America’s ‘Nones’ Don’t Identify With a Religion
Out of several options included in the survey, the most common reason they give is that they question a lot of religious teachings.
Fact Tank, Pew Research Center
Topics: Atheism Belief Religiosity
Should You Raise Your Kids Religious? Here’s What the Science Says
Does raising your child religious actually make them a better — or happier — person?
Quartz
Topics: Atheism Azim Shariff Morality Religiosity Scientific Study of Religion Will Gervais
Can Artificial Intelligence Predict Religious Violence?
The Modeling Religion Project already spawned several spin-off projects.
The Atlantic
Differences in Mental Images of Believers and Atheists
Do people spontaneously generate positive mental images of theists and negative mental images of atheists?
Character & Context, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Topics: Atheism Bias Morality Religiosity Trust Will Gervais
Atheists Are Sometimes More Religious Than Christians
A new study shows how poorly we understand the beliefs of people who identify as atheist, agnostic, or nothing in particular.
Topics: Atheism Demography Religiosity Religious Change Religious Groups Spirituality
The Number of Americans With No Religious Affiliation Is Rising
It is important to note that these nones are not necessarily atheists.
Topics: Atheism Demography Religiosity Religious Change Spirituality
From Non-Religion to Unbelief? A Developing Field
The 21st century has witnessed growing academic and popular interest in a variety of categories which are related to ‘religion’ but conceptualized as ‘other’ — atheism, non-religion, secularity, religious indifference, and so on. Each of these categories can be conceptualized as aspects of the general category ‘unbelief.’
The Religious Studies Project
Topics: Atheism Belief Scientific Study of Religion
The Conundrum of How to Prove You Hold a Nonreligious Worldview
Illiteracy about what it means to be nonreligious is widespread — even in relatively nonreligious societies.
Topics: Atheism Belief
Religion May Alter Your Psychology, Even If You’re a Non-Believer
Research shows that even nonreligious people may hold unconscious beliefs linked to religion that can affect their psychology.
How Many Atheists Are There?
Three percent of Americans. Or maybe that’s 11 percent. This 11 percent figure may be even way too low. Simply because that figure comes from telephone polls, where people have to tell a stranger they don’t believe in God. And lots of people might not want to do that.
Will Gervais’ Blog
Topics: Atheism Bias Demography Will Gervais
Can You Be Good Without God?
New research raises questions about whether or not people can be truly good or truly bad without a belief in religion.
Daily Beast
Topics: Atheism Bias Morality Will Gervais
Why (We Think) Atheists Are More Likely to Be Serial Killers
There is a global moral prejudice against people who do not believe in a god or gods, according to a new study by UConn anthropologist Dmitris Xygalatas and colleagues.
UConn Today
Topics: Atheism Bias Morality Religiosity Will Gervais
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