Joseph Baker, American Secularism

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Sun, 11/22/2015 - 12:00am
A Sociologist explains the rise secularism in the U.S.
Joseph Baker is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at East Tennessee State University.   His latest book, American Secularism:  Cultural Contours of Nonreligious Belief Systems, co-authored with Buster G. Smith, explores the rise of secularity in the United States.  Why are more and more people identifying as "non-religious" and what are the forces shaping this change?   Religion and secularism from a sociological point of view.

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