Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion ─ Sociology of Atheism

Atheism is increasing, but as a phenomenon continues to be at the fringe of current research. Atheist groups and ideologies represent a wide range of attitudes, behaviour and ways of acting towards religion. The lack of a clear definition of what being atheist (or an unbeliever) means today invites us to study the issue in greater depth. This volume represents a first attempt at understanding and scrutinizing atheism, offering both a global perspective as well as specific case studies.

Roberto Cipriani is Professor of Sociology at Roma Tre University. He has been President of the ISA Research Committee for the Sociology of Religion, and member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion.Franco Garelli is Professor of Sociology of Culture and Sociology of Religion at the University of Turin, where he has been Director of the Department “Culture, Politics and Society”, and he has served as Dean of the Political Sciences Faculty. Contributors are: Amarnath Amarasingam, Lori Beaman, Melanie Brewster, Richard Cimino, Roberto Cipriani, Matthew Facciani, Lori Fazzino, Manuel Franzmann, Franco Garelli, Todd Johnson, Sonja Luehrmann, Antonin Palecek, Atko Remmel, Alexandros Sakellariou, Christopher Schmitt, Landon Schnabel, Ariel Sincoff-Yedid, Jesse Smith, Evan Stewart, David Vaclavik, Roman Vido, Monika Wohlrab-Sahr, Gina Zurlo.