Described as a guidebook for living a life without religion, combining sociological insight and personal inspiration, here is the inside scoop on a title hitting stores this December.
Over the last twenty-five years, ÔÇ£no religionÔÇØ has become the fastest growing religion in the United States. Around the world, hundreds of millions of people have turned away from the traditional faiths of the past and embraced a secularÔÇöor nonreligiousÔÇölife, generating societies vastly less religious than at any other time in human history. Revealing the inspiring beliefs that empower secular cultureÔÇöalongside real stories of nonreligious men and women, based on extensive in-depth interviews from across the countryÔÇöLiving the Secular Life┬áis an indispensable handbook for millions of secular Americans.
Drawing on innovative sociological research, Living the Secular Life illuminates this demographic shift with the moral convictions that govern secular individuals, offering crucial information for religious and nonreligious alike. Living the Secular Life reveals that, despite opinions to the contrary, nonreligious Americans possess a unique moral code that allows them to effectively navigate the complexities of modern life. Spiritual self-reliance, clear-eyed pragmatism, and an abiding faith in the Golden Rule to adjudicate moral decisions, such common principlesÔÇöamong othersÔÇöare shared across secular society. Living the Secular Life demonstrates these principles in action and points to their usage throughout daily life.
Phil Zuckerman is┬áa Sociology Professor at Pitzer College, where he studied the lives of the nonreligious for years before founding a Department of Secular StudiesÔÇöthe first such academic program in the nation dedicated to exclusively studying secular culture and the sociological phenomena of AmericaÔÇÖs fastest growing ÔÇ£faith.ÔÇØ Zuckerman discovered that despite the entrenched negative beliefs about nonreligious people, American secular culture is grounded in deep morality and proactive citizenshipÔÇöindeed, some of the very best that the country has to offer.