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The Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network (NSRN) is an international and interdisciplinary network of researchers; the network was founded in 2008 to centralise existing research on the topic of nonreligion and secularity and to facilitate discussion in this area.

This website - launched in December 2011 - is our new home on the internet. To find out more about the changes to the site, please have a look around, or see the 'About Us' section for more information. Meanwhile, we hope you enjoy the site and welcome your feedback and suggestions for additions and improvements.

For full details of our 2016 Conference, please see here.

NSRN Online

Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network

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Recent Blog posts

  • BABEL/NSRN 2026 International ConferenceMarch 23, 2026
  • Who are the Non-Seculars? A (Tongue-in-Cheek) Call for the Study of a Strange GroupMarch 17, 2026

News and events

  • BABEL/NSRN 2026 International ConferenceMarch 23, 2026
  • PhD position in nonreligionMay 4, 2025

PUBLICATIONS

  • New Book: Families and Religion (2025)March 29, 2025
  • Publication of special journal issue on “Atheism, Secularity, and Science.”August 1, 2015
Posted on October 22, 2009December 5, 2011 by Chris News and Events

Rethinking Secularism: The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere

22 October 2009
EVENT
Rethinking Secularism: The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere
Cooper Union’s Great Hall
7 East 7th St at Bowery
Speakers: Judith Butler, Jürgen Habermas, Charles Taylor, Cornel West
Audio from this event has been posted the Immanent Frame, an SSRC blog.

Posted on June 25, 2009December 5, 2011 by Chris News and Events

What are the consequences of particular religious-secular distinctions?

25-26 June 2009
WORKSHOP
What are the consequences of particular religious-secular distinctions?
University of Aberdeen

Posted on June 21, 2009December 4, 2011 by Chris News

NSRN and Lois Lee mentioned in The Guardian

The NSRN and NSRN founder Lois Lee have been mentioned in a piece on the flourishing of social scientific research of non-believers. See the article, ‘Have faith in atheists’, at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/jun/21/atheists-discriminate

Posted on April 26, 2009December 4, 2011 by Chris News

NSRN in the Boston Globe

26 April 2009

The NSRN has been included in Nathan Schneider’s discussion of current secularity research, published today in The Boston Globe. Read ‘Beyond belief: Research on religion goes after a new target: The secular’ online at www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/04/26/beyond_belief/

Posted on March 4, 2009December 4, 2011 by Chris News

NSRN Launch First Website

16 March 2009

With funding support from the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, the NSRN launch its first website, at http://www.nsrn.co.uk.

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