Defining ‘Religion’ and ‘Atheism’

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Abstract

There are various background issues that need to be discussed whenever the topic of conversation turns to religion and atheism. In particular, there are questions about how these terms are to be used in the course of the conversation. While it is sometimes the case that all parties to a conversation about religion and atheism have agreed what they mean by ‘religion’ and ‘atheism’, it is often enough the case that such conversations go poorly because the parties mean different things by ‘religion’ and ‘atheism’. In this paper, I discuss a range of questions about the meanings of ‘religion’ and ‘atheism’ that should be taken into account when we are asking global questions about ‘religion’ and ‘atheism’.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLiving without God: A Multicultural Spectrum of Atheism
EditorsSanjit Chakraborty, Anway Mukhopadhyay
Place of PublicationSingapore
PublisherSpringer
Pages21-33
Number of pages13
Volume37
ISBN (Print)9789811972485
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Publication series

NameSophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures
Volume37
ISSN (Print)2211-1107
ISSN (Electronic)2211-1115

Keywords

  • Atheism
  • Dawkins
  • Definition
  • Haslanger
  • Oppression
  • Religion
  • Wittgenstein
  • World Values Survey

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