Ninety Humanists and the Ethical Transition of Britain by Callum Brown: a brilliant piece of social and intellectual history which re-writes the 1960s in particular and means you'll never look at the twentieth century in the same way again. Can't recommend highly enough. Genuinely transformative.

Missed Kevin Flatt's launch of his new book "Secularization, Social Order, and World History: Toward a Global Perspective" at the IRCSF last week? Here's the recording of the event, for free viewing anytime: youtu.be/jfDP0x9HXjA

Still time to register for this free online event on Friday!

Are there individuals who hold no supernatural beliefs yet still believe in a soul? Find out the answer (and more) in the latest article from the NCF team. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I wrote a book about the many ways emotion is necessary for science, secularism, and atheism

NB free digital version available too: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...

We're excited to announce the publication of Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion (co-edited by Lori Beaman, Ryan Cragun, and Douglas Ezzy), the first in our open-access book series with De Gruyter. Read here for free: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Excited to participate in this Zoom event about WHAT SECULAR PEOPLE BELIEVE and why it matters more than ever. Hosted by @thesecularvote.bsky.social, in conversation with @juhemnr.me, Sarah Levin, and Shakir Stephen. bit.ly/secularvoter...

Happening this Wednesday! Register for the latest webinar in our series, Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations, a collaboration with @ishash.bsky.social. This webinar will focus on science and nonreligion. Oct 29, 1pm ET Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Register now for the latest webinar in our series, Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations, a collaboration with @ishash.bsky.social. This webinar will focus on the relationship between science and the natural world. Oct 29, 1pm ET Register uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Another edition of the Days of Secularity has just ended in Krakow. This relatively small-scale event intended for Polish secularists has been organized annually since 2011 www.facebook.com/events/polsk... #ethnography #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism

Discover India's rich humanist traditions - from ancient Charvaka philosophy to modern secular ideals. Join our expert panel exploring how India's diverse #HumanistHeritage helped to shaped the world on 16 October, online. humanists.uk/events/explo...

'Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you' - Ford Madox Ford Marshal Zeringue asked us to put Growing Up Godless to the Page 99 test @princetonupress.bsky.social page99test.blogspot.com/2025/08/anna...

Very happy to have my copy of Ting Guo's new book in hand! I reviewed it for the Journal of the @aarweb.bsky.social a few months back (link below) and it's an amazing piece of scholarship, brilliantly connecting affect theory, secularism/religious studies, and Sinophone studies. Beautiful cover too!

Happening tomorrow!! 👀

The commemoration of the anniversary of Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński’s death – a small, annual celebration for Kraków's freethinkers and secularists. (04.07.2025) -> www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... #anthropology #ethnography #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism

Register now for @nathgalexander.bsky.social's upcoming webinar with The Freethinker, "Atheism and Vegetarianism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: A Match Made in Heaven?" on July 8 at 2pm ET. More details here: freethinker.co.uk/2025/05/free... @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social

🌟New Article🌟 “Altruistic Atheists” by Phil Zuckerman & Sophie Myers What motivates altruistic behavior among people who don't believe in God, were raised in nonreligious families, and live in largely secular societies? 🔗 Read the answer here: doi.org/10.5334/snr.... #Altruism #Nonreligion

Find out what we've been up to this past year in our annual report for 2024-25! nonreligionproject.ca/wp-content/u...

Announcing the fourth Freethought History Webinar, 'Atheism and Vegetarianism in the 19th and 20th Centuries: A Match Made in Heaven?' With Nathan Alexander. Happening 8 July. More details below! @nathgalexander.bsky.social freethinker.co.uk/2025/05/free...

Check out this podcast episode titled "Losing Our #Religion? It's Not That Simple" with our Director Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme: In English: share.transistor.fm/s/b3bb6fe2 In French: share.transistor.fm/s/48a60d76

Check out this short interview I did with Ryan Cragun!

Register now for our upcoming hybrid seminar, "Nonreligion in Brazil and Beyond: Emerging Approaches and Future Directions," featuring Olívia Barbosa, Guilherme Borges, and Renata Nagamine. Date: May 14, 2025 Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm ET Virtual registration here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Our special issue "Biography and Secularism" is now out with Secular Studies! It is edited by Jeffrey Tyssens and me, departs from a workshop I hosted last year on biography and the history of atheism, secularism, and humanism, and includes 1+7 articles. Summary 👇 brill.com/view/journal... 1/9

Our latest webinar (co-hosted by @ishash.bsky.social) is now available on YouTube. This webinar focuses on how historians and social scientists can use statistics and data in the study of nonreligion. @claregs.bsky.social @hugorabbia.bsky.social @antnlj.bsky.social youtu.be/B0ptsdqQynA

The third volume of Global Secularity. A Sourcebook (Volume III: Buddhist Asia) is now available for download (open access)-> www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism

Our most recent webinar is now available to watch on YouTube! In this webinar, Masoumeh (Sara) Rahmani and Peter Adds discussed their recent article, "Māori atheism: a decolonising project?" Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online (2024) Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW-W...

Our next seminar will be a fantastic interdisciplinary conversation about how historians and social scientists use statistics to understand the past and present of nonreligion. Hosted with @nonreligioncf.bsky.social. Sign up to join us via Zoom on Wed 9 April: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

It seems interesting -> Volume 54 (2024): Issue 3 (Aug 2024): Special Issue: Multiple Secularities in Africa, edited by Marian Burchardt, Magnus Echtler and Katharina Wilkens: brill.com/view/journal... #anthropology #sociology #ReligiousStudies #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism

Announcing the second in our series of Freethought History Webinars, ft. @Eoin_Carter on freethought and evolution - and Darwinian erasure? 15 April, 7pm UK time on Zoom. Register now and don't miss out! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

130 years ago, the Polish Ethnological Society was founded. To mark this occasion, the society is sharing photographs from various field studies. Post 35 explores the topic of the Atheist Marches: www.facebook.com/ptl1895/post... #anthropology #ethnography #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism

Check out my short interview with Sarah below!

Delighted that @newhumanist.bsky.social has joined @humanists.uk - and entranced by all the historical covers pictured in this news item - 140 years of history! Take a look at them all... humanists.uk/2025/03/13/n...

[1/6] The number of participants in protests organized by the ENOUGH Silence - STOP Clericalization of Poland varied depending on broader social contexts. One of the first well-attended protests I witnessed was a protest sparked by a homily delivered by the Archbishop of Krakow on August 1, 2019.

Some dates for your diaries! Our upcoming webinars will be on Wed 9 April, 7 May, and 18 June - sign up to the ISHASH mailing list to get the Zoom links. Full details here: atheismsecularismhumanism.wordpress.com/seminars/

Find out what the NCF has been up to in our latest newsletter! mailchi.mp/nonreligionp...

An interesting magazine article about atheists and the secular movement in Nigeria. -> minorityafrica.org/when-faith-i... #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism

New episode of the Lifestances Podcast is now available! Ep. 6: Trekking Toward Awe: Rethinking Humans’ Experiences with Nature Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5OJs...

NEW: David Voas argues religion is declining, not merely changing. Religious beliefs are fading among the affiliated and the unaffiliated. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

Just out, edited by my colleagues at the Polish American Historical Association Marta Cieslak and Anna Muller: rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...

📣 The Call for Papers for the Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network Conference (8-10 September 2025 in Bratislava, Slovakia) is now out!

Leo Igwe's article engages in a debate over a particular way of conceptualizing magic within cultural anthropology -> www.opinionnigeria.com/no-witch-cam... #anthropology #ethnography #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism

The forum of articles I edited with Carolin Kosuch is out now and open access!“19th-Century Secularist Poetry: Form and Formation of a New Worldview” brings together brilliant contributors to shed new light on the role of poetry in shaping freethought internationally muse.jhu.edu/issue/54115

#anthropology #ethnography #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism

Apparently, there is an atheist billboard campaign happening in Accra -> www.facebook.com/leo.igwe/pos... #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism

Our latest Meet the Author webinar is now available to watch on YouTube! In this webinar, Anthony Pinn discussed his recent book, The Black Practice of Disbelief: An Introduction to the Principles, History, and Communities of Black Nonbelievers (Beacon Press, 2024). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh7n...

Something worth spreading 🔥 The collection of some of the most representative texts on feminism and women’s rights published in East Central Europe in the 20th century (new translations from the original, with introductions etc) 💜 PDF file with the book (open access): ceupress.com/book/texts-a...

Polish-born humanist, abolitionist, and pioneering advocate of women’s rights Ernestine Rose was born #OnThisDay in 1810.

1/4 Since 2014, Warsaw's organizations host annual meetups bringing together activists and their supporters. These conventions feature panel talks and evening socials, serving as a space where supporters can meet online creators, book authors, politicians, and connect with like-minded individuals.

Scholars of religion might be interested in knowing that Finland's publication forum has downgraded the journal "Religions" from level 1 to 0 (on a scale from 0 to 3). This means that scholars are discouraged to publish in the journal. I basically agree with the julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...