What It Means To Be Non-Religious

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Professor Richard Dawkins, author of "The God Delusion"
Professor Richard Dawkins, the author of non-fiction book “The God Delusion”, poses for photographers on a London bus featuring the atheist advertisement with the slogan ‘There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life’ in London, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. The campaign supported by professor Dawkins and the British Humanist Association was a response to evangelical Christian advertisements running on buses in June 2008. Akira Suemori/AP Photo 

What does it mean to be non-religious? Researchers once assumed it meant not believing in a god, going to church, or holding religious beliefs. Our guest says there’s a better way of understanding irreligiosity and argues that being nonreligious is just as complex and variable as being religious.

Episode Credits

  • Kate Archer Kent Host
  • Colleen Leahy Producer
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • Ryan Cragun Guest