Nonreligion in a Complex Future

Happening tomorrow!

Register now for our upcoming webinar, co-hosted with the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, "Wishful Thinking? Is There a Religious Revival?," happening on Zoom on May 27 from 12:30pm-2pm ET.

Recent media stories in a number of countries suggest that there is a religious revival taking place, with increased worship attendance and young people expressing renewed interest in religion. But is this just wishful thinking? Is there really a religious revival? This panel explores the evidence – or lack thereof – for a religious revival, and why this issue has attracted persistent attention in the media.

Featuring Conrad Hackett (Pew Research Center), Kati Tervo-Niemelä (University of Eastern Finland), Joel Thiessen (Ambrose University), Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme (University of Waterloo), and David Voas (University College London)

Register here: https://uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/zX-_0FJhQ-CIF1yA-DFgNw

Check out this new article from NCF postdoctoral fellow Guilherme Borges: “Que Deus tenha misericórdia desta nação”: uma releitura, dez anos depois, da presença religiosa no impeachment de Dilma Rousseff [“May God Have Mercy on This Nation”: Revisiting Religious Presence in Dilma Rousseff’s Impeachment Ten Years Later]

Available here open access:

“Que Deus tenha misericórdia desta nação”: uma releitura, dez anos depois, da presença religiosa no impeachment de Dilma Rousseff | Revista USP “Que Deus tenha misericórdia desta nação”: uma releitura, dez anos depois, da presença religiosa no impeachment de Dilma Rousseff Autores Guilherme Borges Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento DOI: https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9036.i148p155-172 Downloads Os dados de download ain...

Register now for our upcoming webinar, co-hosted with the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, "Wishful Thinking? Is There a Religious Revival?," happening on Zoom on May 27 from 12:30pm-2pm ET.

Recent media stories in a number of countries suggest that there is a religious revival taking place, with increased worship attendance and young people expressing renewed interest in religion. But is this just wishful thinking? Is there really a religious revival? This panel explores the evidence – or lack thereof – for a religious revival, and why this issue has attracted persistent attention in the media.

Featuring Conrad Hackett (Pew Research Center), Kati Tervo-Niemelä (University of Eastern Finland), Joel Thiessen (Ambrose University), Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme (University of Waterloo), and David Voas (University College London)

Register here: https://uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/zX-_0FJhQ-CIF1yA-DFgNw

Check out Ryan Cragun's recent talk with the Central Florida Freethought Community about the book, Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion

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Missed last week's book launch for Religion and Nonreligion in Same-Sex Marriage Debates: Emerging Imaginaries? Watch it now here:

Book Launch: Religion and Nonreligion in Same-Sex Marriage Debates: Emerging Imaginaries In this webinar, the NCF's Law team presented on the new open-access book, Religion and Nonreligion in Same-Sex Marriage Debates: Emerging Imaginaries (De Gr...

Missed the recent Unearthing Lifestances book launch?? The recording is now available to watch on YouTube:

Book Launch: Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion This webinar featured the book launch of the newest NCF open-access book, Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion (co-edited...

The Nonreligion in a Complex Future Project invites you to an upcoming virtual book launch to celebrate the release of the new book, Religion and Nonreligion in Same-Sex Marriage Debates: Emerging Imaginaries (edited by Juan Marco Vaggione, Paula Montero and Lori G. Beaman; De Gruyter, 2026).

Date: March 9, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm ET

Register here: https://uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/VsBAdiYbRsm_K7Ugcpvzgw #/registration

This is a reminder that there is still time to register for the NCF's upcoming virtual book launch to celebrate the release of the new book, Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion (edited by Lori Beaman, Ryan Cragun, and Douglas Ezzy; De Gruyter, 2026).

Date: February 24, 2026
Time: 4:00 pm ET

Register here: https://uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/uzHsNa6kRPmSRg31aeKgSQ

What can community gardens tell us about nonreligion? How have debates over same-sex marriage revealed the boundaries between religion and nonreligion? Has there been a religious revival in the UK?

Find out about all this and more in this edition of the NCF's newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/nonreligionproject/february-2026-newsletter-8336993

New episode of the Lifestances Podcast is now available!

Ep. 7: Religion and Nonreligion in the Classroom: Educating for a Diverse World

Education about religion has long been considered an essential part to making informed and conscientious citizens. But how does religious education look in a world that is increasingly religiously diverse and increasingly nonreligious? And how should we best teach about (non)religion in these changing circumstances?

To answer these questions, we’re joined by Martha Shaw, an Associate Professor in Education at London South Bank University; Andrew Copson, the Chief Executive of Humanists UK; and Tim Hall, a K-12 Social Studies Instructional Specialist in North Carolina, and the Executive Director of Religion Matters, which advances religious literacy in K-12 education.