In recent years, the extent to which contemporary societies are secular has come under
scrutiny. At the same time, many countries, especially in Europe, have increasingly large …

" Character" has become a front-and-center topic in contemporary discourse, but this term
does not have a fixed meaning. Character may be simply defined by what someone does …

The number of nonreligious people has increased dramatically over the past several
decades, yet scholarship on the nonreligious is severely lacking. In response to this critical …

The foundations of this book stem from our professional interest in tourism and our own
spiritual backgrounds and religious belief systems, which guide our everyday lives. After …

This insightful and provocative journey through spiritual landscapes explores the ways in
which spiritualities of life have been experienced and understood in Western society, and …

Both as producers and consumers women are more likely than men to engage with
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and 'New Age'holistic spiritualities. We …

This article uses data from the World Values Survey to study the spread of post‐Christian
spirituality (“New Age”) in 14 Western countries (1981–2000, N= 61,352). It demonstrates …

This chapter presents findings of the most recently available surveys concerning rates of
nonbelief in God in various countries worldwide, including a table of the top fifty countries …

Annotation With a thorough and systematic review of investigations into the bases of belief in
paranormal phenomena, this discussion explores the four main theoretical approaches …

During 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 …