000446013 000__ 03659cam\a2200493Ka\4500 000446013 001__ 446013 000446013 005__ 20210513154355.0 000446013 006__ m\\\\\\\\d\\\\\\\\ 000446013 007__ cr\cnu---unuuu 000446013 008__ 111129s2012\\\\nyu\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000446013 020__ $$a9780199876495 (electronic bk.) 000446013 020__ $$a0199876495 (electronic bk.) 000446013 020__ $$z9780199740017 000446013 020__ $$z0199740011 000446013 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn764416592 000446013 035__ $$a(OCoLC)764416592 000446013 035__ $$a446013 000446013 040__ $$aN$T$$cN$T$$dCDX$$dYDXCP$$dE7B$$dVLB 000446013 043__ $$an-us--- 000446013 049__ $$aISEA 000446013 050_4 $$aBR517$$b.Z83 2012eb 000446013 08204 $$a277.3/083$$222 000446013 1001_ $$aZuckerman, Phil. 000446013 24510 $$aFaith no more$$h[electronic resource] :$$bwhy people reject religion /$$cPhil Zuckerman. 000446013 260__ $$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2012. 000446013 300__ $$a1 online resource (224 p.) 000446013 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-215) and index. 000446013 5050_ $$aMother was an exorcist -- Stopped making sense -- Misfortune -- To be Mormon, or not to be -- Sex and secularity -- Others -- Jail, food stamps, and atheism -- The apostate worldview -- All in the family? -- How and why people reject religion -- Appendix. Research methods and sample characteristics. 000446013 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000446013 520__ $$aDuring his 2009 inaugural speech, President Obama described the United States as a nation of "Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus--and nonbelievers." It was the first time an American president had acknowledged the existence of this rapidly growing segment of the population in such a public forum. And yet the reasons why more and more people are turning away from religion are still poorly understood. In Faith No More, Phil Zuckerman draws on in-depth interviews with people who have left religion to find out what's really behind the process of losing one's faith. According to a 2008 study, so many Americans claim no religion (15%, up from 8% in 1990) that this category now outranks every other religious group except Catholics and Baptists. Exploring the deeper stories within such survey data, Zuckerman shows that leaving one's faith is a highly personal, complex, and drawn-out process. And he finds that, rather than the cliche of the angry, nihilistic atheist, apostates are life-affirming, courageous, highly intelligent and inquisitive, and deeply moral. Zuckerman predicts that this trend toward nonbelief will likely continue and argues that the sooner we recognize that religion is frequently and freely rejected by all sorts of men and women, the sooner our understanding of the human condition will improve. The first book of its kind, Faith No More will appeal to anyone interested in the "New Atheism" and indeed to anyone wishing to more fully understand our changing relationship to religious faith. - Publisher. 000446013 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000446013 650_0 $$aApostasy$$xChristianity. 000446013 650_0 $$aEx-church members$$zUnited States. 000446013 650_0 $$aNon-church-affiliated people$$zUnited States. 000446013 650_0 $$aAtheism$$zUnited States. 000446013 650_0 $$aReligion and sociology$$zUnited States. 000446013 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xChurch history$$y21st century. 000446013 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 000446013 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aZuckerman, Phil.$$tFaith no more.$$dNew York : Oxford University Press, 2012$$z9780199740017$$w(DLC) 2011007917$$w(OCoLC)706677548 000446013 85280 $$bebk$$hEBSCOhost 000446013 85640 $$3EBSCOhost$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=406079$$zOnline Access 000446013 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:446013$$pGLOBAL_SET 000446013 980__ $$aEBOOK 000446013 980__ $$aBIB 000446013 982__ $$aEbook 000446013 983__ $$aOnline 000446013 994__ $$a92$$bISE 000446013 999__ $$z634745825542257059