Organized Secularism in the United States. New Directions in Research

There has been a dramatic increase in the percentage of the US population that is not religious. However, there is, to date, very little research on the social movement that is organizing to serve the needs of and advocate for the nonreligious in the US. This is a book about the rise and structure o...

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Main Author: Fazzino, Lori L. (auth)
Other Authors: Manning, Christel (auth), Cragun, Ryan T. (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: De Gruyter 2017
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