Theism and Atheism in a Post-Secular Age [Paperback]

This book examines the post-secular idea of religion for non-believers. The new form of unbelief which is dubbed as tourist atheism is not based on absolute rejection of religion as a dangerous illusion or mere prejudice. Tourist atheists instead consider religion as a cultural heritage and a way of seeking perfection. What are the origins of these new forms of atheism? What are the implications of the emergence of a type of atheism which is more open toward religious teachings, rituals, arts, and world views? Hashemi argues that public intellectuals must consider that it is a sign of a post-secular age in which believers and non-believers go beyond mere tolerance and engage in a creative process of co-practice and co-working.

Morteza Hashemi is a visiting research fellow at the University of Warwick, UK, and a social researcher in post-secularism and technology

This book examines the post-secular idea of religion for non-believers. The new form of unbelief which is dubbed as tourist atheism is not based on absolute rejection of religion as a dangerous illusion or mere prejudice.  Tourist atheists instead consider religion as a cultural heritage and a way of seeking perfection. What are the origins of these new forms of atheism? What are the implications of the emergence of a type of atheism which is more open toward religious teachings, rituals, arts, and world views? Hashemi argues that public intellectuals must consider that it is a sign of a post-secular age in which believers and non-believers go beyond mere tolerance and engage in a creative process of co-practice and co-working.

Winner of the Farabi International Award 2017 and shortlisted for the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 

Connects the work of de Botton and Dawkins to the ideas of philosophers such as Peter Sloterdijk and Hans BlumlCx