عنوان

Nothing Is Not Something

Number

LA126889

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Nothing Is Not Something

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Ryan T. Cragun, Kevin McCaffree, Ryan T. Cragun, et al.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

With the advance of secularization in numerous countries and the growth of those who report no religious affiliation, more attention is being given to individuals who are not religious. Various scholars have proposed names for the individuals who report no religious affiliation and researchers have created categories for such individuals. The de facto term is now "nonreligion" or "nonreligious." However, even when the term "nonreligious" (Lee 2012) was put forward, there were serious reservations about labeling a group of people by what they are not. In this article, we detail why this is such a serious problem, and how this is only going to become more of a problem as this segment of national populations grows. We propose that we discontinue referring to such individuals as "nonreligious" and instead focus on the positive substance of their identities. With the advance of secularization in numerous countries and the growth of those who report no religious affiliation, more attention is being given to individuals who are not religious. Various scholars have proposed names for the individuals who report no religious affiliation and researchers have created categories for such individuals. The de facto term is now "nonreligion" or "nonreligious." However, even when the term "nonreligious" (Lee 2012) was put forward, there were serious reservations about labeling a group of people by what they are not. In this article, we detail why this is such a serious problem, and how this is only going to become more of a problem as this segment of national populations grows. We propose that we discontinue referring to such individuals as "nonreligious" and instead focus on the positive substance of their identities.

Date of Publication

2021

Physical description

7-26

Title

Secular Studies

Volume Number

3/1

International Standard Serial Number

2589-2525

Subject Term

secularization

Subject Term

definitions

Subject Term

identities

Subject Term

nonreligion

Subject Term

terminology

Subject Term

theory

Subject Term

worldviews

Kevin McCaffree

Ryan T. Cragun

Call Number

10.1163/25892525-bja10017

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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