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NSRN Journal Launch

In partnership with the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture (ISSSC), Trinity College, CT, the NSRN as launched a new academic journal for the field, Secularism and Nonreligion.

We are are now accepting submissions of scholarly articles in the diverse areas of secularism, secularity, nonreligion and atheism research. The journal is social scientific and submissions will be accepted from all social science subjects; we also welcome relevant contributions from other subject areas, including history, philosophy, cognitive science and so on. Full details for how to submit and author guidelines are available here.

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Secularism is not the Same as Modernity

27th June 2011

Secularism is not the Same as Modernity

Lois Lee joins CIF Guardian debate:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/jun/27/secularism-different-modernity

The Question and full list of responses here:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/jun/27/what-is-secularism

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NSRN Annual Lecture 2011

Speaking in the room where Pope Benedict XVI gave his recent address, Dr Jonathan Lanman delivered the first NSRN Annual Lecture at St Mary’s University College, Twickenham. His lecture gave a introduction to his path-breaking cognitive anthropological approach to atheism.

A NSRN Events Report is available for this event…

© 2011 St Mary's University College, Twickenham

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NSRN News Coverage: March and April 2010

15 April 2010

Interest in non-religion and secularity studies continues to grow, and in March and April, NSRN received the following coverage:

Lois Lee and Stephen Bullivant, in the New Scientist, discussing the importance of non-religion research.

Stephen Bullivant and Lois Lee in The Age (Melbourne), on the richness of atheism as a topic for social research.

Interview with Lois Lee, founding director of the NSRN, in Der Standard

Globe and Mail (Toronto) article on the study of atheism.