Lois Lee is a sociologist who specializes in the study of non-religion, and this Oxford University Press monograph is her scholarly study treating non-religion and secular identity as subjects worth studying in their own right, including the emergence of secular ceremony and non-religious pastoral provision. Its strength is that it is a rigorous sociological treatment of a category, non-religion, that has historically been understudied precisely because it is defined by absence rather than by a positive tradition. Its limit is that it is a sociological study of the category as such, so a claim about one particular secular or humanist organization's specific practices needs a source focused on that organization.
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Published by Oxford University Press as Lois Lee's scholarly study of non-religion and secular identity, peer reviewed university press scholarship. NotesSociology of non-religion, including secular ceremony and the emergence of non-religious pastoral provision.
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AuthorLois Lee
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication Year2015
Source TypeMonograph
Claims Backed By This Source (31 claims)
This source backs 31 claims across the atlas. As facts: 28 well-attested. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Practices, 17 claims: 15 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Articles, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
- Subcategories, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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