{"product_id":"growing-up-godless-non-religious-childhoods-in-contemporary-england-9780691247250","title":"Growing Up Godless: Non-Religious Childhoods in Contemporary England","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow children's non-belief and non-religion are formed in everyday life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe number of those identifying as \"non-religious\" has risen rapidly in Britain and many other parts of Europe and North America. Although non-religion and non-belief are especially prevalent among younger people, we know little about the experience of children who are growing up without religion. In \u003ci\u003eGrowing Up Godless\u003c\/i\u003e, Anna Strhan and Rachael Shillitoe fill this scholarly gap, examining how, when, where, and with whom children in England learn to be non-religious and non-believing. Drawing on in-depth interviews and extensive ethnographic fieldwork with children, their parents, and teachers, Strhan and Shillitoe offer a pioneering account of what these children believe in and care about and how they navigate a social landscape of growing religious diversity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving beyond the conventional understanding of non-religion as merely the absence of religion, Strhan and Shillitoe show how children's non-religion and non-belief emerge in relation to a pervasive humanism--centering the agency, significance, and achievements of humans and values of equality and respect--interwoven in their homes, schools, media, and culture. Their findings offer important new insight into the rise and formation of non-religious identities and, more broadly, the ways that children's beliefs and values are shaped in contemporary society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Strhan\u003c\/b\u003e is reader in sociology at the University of York. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Figure of the Child in Contemporary Evangelicalism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAliens and Strangers? The Struggle for Coherence in the Everyday Lives of Evangelicals\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eRachael Shillitoe\u003c\/b\u003e is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Birmingham. She is the author of\u003ci\u003e Negotiating Religion and Non-religion in Childhood: Experiences of Worship in School.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51276798034194,"sku":"9780691247250","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1628eb45-7830-4b57-a4a4-a05476e614b5.jpg?v=1747139564","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/growing-up-godless-non-religious-childhoods-in-contemporary-england-9780691247250","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}