Czech Republic: The Promised Land for Atheists?

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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004319301" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004319301</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004319301" target="_blank" >10.1163/9789004319301</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Czech Republic: The Promised Land for Atheists?
Original language description
The Czech Republic is rated amongst the most atheist countries in the world. This claim is based on selected statistical data from censuses and comparative surveys, which reveal a majority of the Czech population to be self-declared “nones”. The aim of our paper is to argue that we need to read these data about the high level of “atheization” in Czech society in a more nuanced manner and deal with the concept of atheism more adequately. In the first section, with reference to some theoretical impulses from the cognitive science of religion, we try to show that the non-religious views of a significant part of the Czech population, usually labelled “atheism”, are better understood as an expression of religious “apatheism”, or evidence of “inCREDulous atheism”. Both positions are similar in their indifference to religion, rather than opposition to it. With the help of empirical analysis, the paper focuses on the critical assessment of the applicability of these concepts in the Czech context.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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