Religious Indifference New Perspectives From Studies on Secularizati
This book provides a conceptually and empirically rich introduction to religious indifference on the basis of original anthropological, historical and sociological research. Religious indifference is a central category for understanding contemporary
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ligious Indifference New Perspectives from Studies on Secularization and Nonreligion
Religious Indifference
Johannes Quack • Cora Schuh Editors
Religious Indifference New Perspectives from Studies on Secularization and Nonreligion
Editors Johannes Quack Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies University of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland
Cora Schuh Emmy Noether-Project “The Diversity of Nonreligion” University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
ISBN 978-3-319-48474-7 ISBN 978-3-319-48476-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-48476-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017931357 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
This volume is the output of a very fruitful international and interdisciplinary collaboration. It started with an international workshop on religious indifference organized by Pascal Siegers, Linda Hennig, and Bruno Michon at Strasbourg in spring 2013. This workshop has been an overall inspiration – thanks to the methodical and empirical variety of contributions. The Emmy Noether Project, ‘The Diversity of Nonreligion’, held a second workshop entitled ‘Religious Indifference: Secularization and Modes of Nonreligion’ in November 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, this time in an even larger group of scholars. Prior to the workshop, a ‘concept paper’ written by Johannes Quack and Cora Schuh was circulated amongst the participants to sketch out some of the conceptual dimensions which could be worth further engagement. This ‘concept paper’ later got revised on the basis of the workshop and constitutes now the introduction to this volume. We owe much thanks to the sha
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