From the EA researchers

Popular press

The number of religious ‘nones’ has soared, but not the number of atheists – and as social scientists, we wanted to know why

Christopher P Scheitle and Katie Corcoran (2024) The Conversation

Māori atheism on the rise: the legacy of colonisation is driving a decline in traditional Christian beliefs

Masoumeh Sara Rahmani and Peter Adds (2023) The Conversation.

Academic publications

Scientific Atheism in East Germany (1963-1990): How to turn a hare into a lion

Guigo-Patzelt, E. (2024), Taylor & Francis https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003469322

Māori atheism: a decolonising project?

Rahmani, M., Adds, P., & Senanayake, R. (2024) Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. https://doi.org/10.1080/1177083X.2024.2333544

Predictors of adopting an atheistic worldview: An analysis of survey data containing a retrospective measure of belief in God

Scheitle, C. P., & Corcoran, K. E. (2023) Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231231204850

Becoming humanist: Worldview formation and the emergence of atheist Britain

Strhan, A., Lee, L., & Shillitoe, R. (2024) Sociology of Religion. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srad050

The failure of religious systems

Turpin, H., & Lanman, J. (2022). In Justin L. Barrett (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Cognitive Science of Religion, Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190693350.013.15

Associated publications

Book Symposium: Unholy Catholic Ireland: Religious Hypocrisy, Secular Morality, and Irish Irreligion By Hugh Turpin

Declining Catholicism and the ambiguity of Irish religiosity: what Hugh Turpin’s Unholy Catholic Oreland tells US about irreligion and morality in contemporary Ireland

Chaplin, C. (2023) Religion, Brain & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2023.2262538

Walking the walk of religion and nonreligion: notes on Turpin’s Unholy Catholic Ireland: Religious hypocrisy, secular morality, and Irish irreligion

Haimila, R. (2023) Religion, Brain & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2023.2262544

Beyond the border: advancing the study of Catholic identities and orthopraxic religion in Southern and Northern Ireland

Kavanagh, C. (2023) Religion, Brain & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2023.2262549

Gradualist change or sudden collapse? Religious decline and residual religiosity in Ireland

McAndrew, S. (2023) Religion, Brain & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2023.2262557

Some question regarding the utility of appealing to transmission biases in ethnographic research

Purzycki, B. G. (2023) Religion, Brain & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2023.2262533

On obscene and civil forms of nonreligion

Remmel, A. (2023) Religion, Brain & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2023.2262545

Sex, value change and the erosion of religious adherence

Voas, D. (2023) Religion, Brain & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2023.2262541

Response: Secularization with Irish characteristics

Turpin, H. (2023) Religion, Brain & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2023.2262548