Recordings from the 2024 Capstone Conference
Atheism Explained?: Interim Findings from the Core Research
Explaining Atheism's core research addresses two main questions: 1. what are the most powerful general causal factors that bring about atheism and other forms of non-belief and 2. how do these general causal factors manifest in the lives and self-understanding of particular individuals. This presentation from our Capstone Conference held at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History in June 2024 presents interim findings drawn primarily from UK populations.
EARLY-CAREER PAPERS
Recorded at the 2024 Capstone Conference of the Explaining Atheism programme, winners of the inaugural Thomas J. Coleman III bursary for early career researchers examining atheism and other forms of non-belief present on their current research.
Presentations include:
1. Causes and types of atheism among Hindus- Feryl Badiani, Victoria University Wellington
2. Atheism among emerging adults in Africa: A comparative and regional perspective- Kevin Muriithi Ndereba, St Paul's University and Stellenbosch University
3. The 'New' in the New Atheism: Interrogating the drivers and dynamics of an emerging atheist movement in Kerala, South India - Dayal Paleri with contributions from Santhosh Raghavan both of the Indian Institute of Technology.
conference introduction & Plenary Session: Beyond doubt, the secularisation of society
According to most secularization theories modernity 'causes problems' for religion. In this plenary session recorded at the Explaining Atheism capstone conference in Oxford in June 2024 the authors of a new book Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society, Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman and Ryan Cragun present an overview of their key claims. With responses and commentary from Lois Lee and Hugh Turpin.