A LIBRARIAN’S ORIENTATION
What this book explores
Draws on interviews and sociological research to describe ethics, community, and purpose among nonreligious people.
EDITORIAL NOTE
Why it’s in the Library
It brings sociological portraits of ordinary secular life alongside philosophical arguments.
Good starting place if…
You want lived examples of a life without religion, alongside a sociologist’s account of secular culture.
Know before you begin…
It describes and advocates secular life; it is not an impartial census of all nonreligious experience. Aronson is the more philosophical companion.