The atheist bus campaign : global manifestations and responses /

The international "Atheist Bus Campaign" generated news coverage and controversy, and this volume is the first to systematically and thoroughly explore and analyze each manifestation of that campaign. It includes a chapter for each of the countries which enacted - or attempted to enact - l...

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Other Authors: Tomlins, Steven.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.

Series: International Studies in Religion and Society 27.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303942.

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Call Number: BL2747.3

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Steven Tomlins and Spencer Culham Bullivant
  • Introduction /
  • Steven Tomlins and Spencer Culham Bullivant
  • Australia: Conflict Not Competition /
  • Alan Nixon
  • Brazil: The Invisibility of the Brazilian Bus Campaign /
  • Paula Montero and Eduardo Dullo
  • Canada: Insights Derived from the Atheist Bus Campaign on the Status of Atheism in Canada's Multicultural Mosaic /
  • Steven Tomlins and Spencer Culham Bullivant
  • Croatia: Atheist Bus Campaign in Croatia; One Day Stand /
  • Dinka Marinović Jerolimov and Nikolina Hazdovac Bajić
  • Finland: The Recognition and Rearticulation of Atheism in Public Discourse /
  • Teemu Taira
  • Germany: The Atheist Bus Ads Campaign in Germany /
  • Björn Mastiaux
  • Ireland: Unbelievable? The Atheist Bus Campaign in Ireland /
  • Leon Dempsey
  • Italy: The Regimentation of Identity and Belief; Research Notes on Nonreligious Campaigns in Italy /
  • Vanni Gasbarri
  • The Netherlands: Shifting Secularities? /
  • Hanna Lehtinen
  • New Zealand: The Atheist Bus Campaign in New Zealand; From Buses to Billboards /
  • William James Hoverd and Katja Strehle
  • Russia: Atheism, 'Blasphemy', State and Orthodox Christianity /
  • Teuvo Laitila
  • Spain: The Atheist Bus Campaign and the Uncertain Future of Organized Atheism in Spain /
  • Javier Martínez-Torrón and Silvia Meseguer Velasco
  • Sweden: Criticizing Religion in 'The World's Most Secular Country' /
  • Magnus Hedelind
  • United Kingdom: All Publicity is Good Publicity, Probably /
  • Katie Aston
  • United States of America: Secularist, Humanist, Atheist, and Freethought Bus Advertisements in the United States; Functions, Responses, and Effectiveness /
  • Casey P. Homan , Marcus Mann and Ryan T. Cragun
  • Afterword: The Atheist Bus Campaign /
  • Lori G. Beaman
  • Index /
  • Steven Tomlins and Spencer Culham Bullivant.