Jacek Michał Skrzypek
@jacekms.bsky.social
Cultural anthropologist and ethnographer.
I explore nonreligion in Poland: contemporary secular movement, activism and history.
I explore nonreligion in Poland: contemporary secular movement, activism and history.
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NB free digital version available too: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
NB free digital version available too: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
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We're excited to announce the publication of Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion (co-edited by Lori Beaman, Ryan Cragun, and Douglas Ezzy), the first in our open-access book series with De Gruyter.
Read here for free: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Read here for free: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We're excited to announce the publication of Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion (co-edited by Lori Beaman, Ryan Cragun, and Douglas Ezzy), the first in our open-access book series with De Gruyter.
Read here for free: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Read here for free: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Excited to participate in this Zoom event about WHAT SECULAR PEOPLE BELIEVE and why it matters more than ever. Hosted by @thesecularvote.bsky.social, in conversation with @juhemnr.me, Sarah Levin, and Shakir Stephen. bit.ly/secularvoter...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: What do Secular Voters Believe In?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
It's a harmful myth that nonreligious people don't believe in anything. Researchers have shown that secular Americans have distinct beliefs about science and how to know the world, as well as what hap...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Excited to participate in this Zoom event about WHAT SECULAR PEOPLE BELIEVE and why it matters more than ever. Hosted by @thesecularvote.bsky.social, in conversation with @juhemnr.me, Sarah Levin, and Shakir Stephen. bit.ly/secularvoter...
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Happening this Wednesday!
Register for the latest webinar in our series, Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations, a collaboration with @ishash.bsky.social. This webinar will focus on science and nonreligion.
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register for the latest webinar in our series, Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations, a collaboration with @ishash.bsky.social. This webinar will focus on science and nonreligion.
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Happening this Wednesday!
Register for the latest webinar in our series, Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations, a collaboration with @ishash.bsky.social. This webinar will focus on science and nonreligion.
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register for the latest webinar in our series, Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations, a collaboration with @ishash.bsky.social. This webinar will focus on science and nonreligion.
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Register now for the latest webinar in our series, Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations, a collaboration with @ishash.bsky.social. This webinar will focus on the relationship between science and the natural world.
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Register now for the latest webinar in our series, Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations, a collaboration with @ishash.bsky.social. This webinar will focus on the relationship between science and the natural world.
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Oct 29, 1pm ET
Register uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Another edition of the Days of Secularity has just ended in Krakow. This relatively small-scale event intended for Polish secularists has been organized annually since 2011
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#ethnography #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
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#ethnography #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
October 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Another edition of the Days of Secularity has just ended in Krakow. This relatively small-scale event intended for Polish secularists has been organized annually since 2011
www.facebook.com/events/polsk...
#ethnography #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
www.facebook.com/events/polsk...
#ethnography #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
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Discover India's rich humanist traditions - from ancient Charvaka philosophy to modern secular ideals. Join our expert panel exploring how India's diverse #HumanistHeritage helped to shaped the world on 16 October, online. humanists.uk/events/explo...
Beyond Belief | Exploring India's Humanist Heritage
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September 29, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Discover India's rich humanist traditions - from ancient Charvaka philosophy to modern secular ideals. Join our expert panel exploring how India's diverse #HumanistHeritage helped to shaped the world on 16 October, online. humanists.uk/events/explo...
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'Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you' - Ford Madox Ford
Marshal Zeringue asked us to put Growing Up Godless to the Page 99 test @princetonupress.bsky.social
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Marshal Zeringue asked us to put Growing Up Godless to the Page 99 test @princetonupress.bsky.social
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Anna Strhan and Rachael Shillitoe's "Growing Up Godless"
Anna Strhan is reader in sociology at the University of York. She is the author of The Figure of the Child in Contemporary Evangelicalism ...
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August 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
'Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you' - Ford Madox Ford
Marshal Zeringue asked us to put Growing Up Godless to the Page 99 test @princetonupress.bsky.social
page99test.blogspot.com/2025/08/anna...
Marshal Zeringue asked us to put Growing Up Godless to the Page 99 test @princetonupress.bsky.social
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Very happy to have my copy of Ting Guo's new book in hand! I reviewed it for the Journal of the @aarweb.bsky.social a few months back (link below) and it's an amazing piece of scholarship, brilliantly connecting affect theory, secularism/religious studies, and Sinophone studies. Beautiful cover too!
July 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Very happy to have my copy of Ting Guo's new book in hand! I reviewed it for the Journal of the @aarweb.bsky.social a few months back (link below) and it's an amazing piece of scholarship, brilliantly connecting affect theory, secularism/religious studies, and Sinophone studies. Beautiful cover too!
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Happening tomorrow!! 👀
The fourth Freethought History Webinar, ft. @nathgalexander.bsky.social on the links between the atheism/freethought and vegetarianism/animal rights movements, is happening TOMORROW. Don't forget to register for free and secure your place!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Freethought History Webinar #4: Atheism and Vegetarianism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: A Match Made in Heaven? With Nathan Alexander.. After ...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Freethought History Webinar #4: Atheism and Vegetarianism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: A Match Made in Heaven? With Nathan Alexander.. After ...
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July 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Happening tomorrow!! 👀
The commemoration of the anniversary of Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński’s death – a small, annual celebration for Kraków's freethinkers and secularists. (04.07.2025) -> www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
#anthropology #ethnography #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
#anthropology #ethnography #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
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July 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The commemoration of the anniversary of Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński’s death – a small, annual celebration for Kraków's freethinkers and secularists. (04.07.2025) -> www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
#anthropology #ethnography #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
#anthropology #ethnography #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
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Register now for @nathgalexander.bsky.social's upcoming webinar with The Freethinker, "Atheism and Vegetarianism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: A Match Made in Heaven?" on July 8 at 2pm ET.
More details here: freethinker.co.uk/2025/05/free...
@thefreethinkermag.bsky.social
More details here: freethinker.co.uk/2025/05/free...
@thefreethinkermag.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Register now for @nathgalexander.bsky.social's upcoming webinar with The Freethinker, "Atheism and Vegetarianism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: A Match Made in Heaven?" on July 8 at 2pm ET.
More details here: freethinker.co.uk/2025/05/free...
@thefreethinkermag.bsky.social
More details here: freethinker.co.uk/2025/05/free...
@thefreethinkermag.bsky.social
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🌟New Article🌟
“Altruistic Atheists” by Phil Zuckerman & Sophie Myers
What motivates altruistic behavior among people who don't believe in God, were raised in nonreligious families, and live in largely secular societies?
🔗 Read the answer here: doi.org/10.5334/snr....
#Altruism #Nonreligion
“Altruistic Atheists” by Phil Zuckerman & Sophie Myers
What motivates altruistic behavior among people who don't believe in God, were raised in nonreligious families, and live in largely secular societies?
🔗 Read the answer here: doi.org/10.5334/snr....
#Altruism #Nonreligion
June 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🌟New Article🌟
“Altruistic Atheists” by Phil Zuckerman & Sophie Myers
What motivates altruistic behavior among people who don't believe in God, were raised in nonreligious families, and live in largely secular societies?
🔗 Read the answer here: doi.org/10.5334/snr....
#Altruism #Nonreligion
“Altruistic Atheists” by Phil Zuckerman & Sophie Myers
What motivates altruistic behavior among people who don't believe in God, were raised in nonreligious families, and live in largely secular societies?
🔗 Read the answer here: doi.org/10.5334/snr....
#Altruism #Nonreligion
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Find out what we've been up to this past year in our annual report for 2024-25!
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June 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Find out what we've been up to this past year in our annual report for 2024-25!
nonreligionproject.ca/wp-content/u...
nonreligionproject.ca/wp-content/u...
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Announcing the fourth Freethought History Webinar, 'Atheism and Vegetarianism in the 19th and 20th Centuries: A Match Made in Heaven?' With Nathan Alexander. Happening 8 July. More details below!
@nathgalexander.bsky.social
freethinker.co.uk/2025/05/free...
@nathgalexander.bsky.social
freethinker.co.uk/2025/05/free...
Freethought History Webinar #4: Atheism and Vegetarianism in the 19th and 20th Centuries: A Match Made in Heaven? With Nathan Alexander (8 July 2025) - The Freethinker
An invitation to the fourth in our Freethought History Webinar series.
freethinker.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Announcing the fourth Freethought History Webinar, 'Atheism and Vegetarianism in the 19th and 20th Centuries: A Match Made in Heaven?' With Nathan Alexander. Happening 8 July. More details below!
@nathgalexander.bsky.social
freethinker.co.uk/2025/05/free...
@nathgalexander.bsky.social
freethinker.co.uk/2025/05/free...
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Check out this podcast episode titled "Losing Our #Religion? It's Not That Simple" with our Director Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme:
In English: share.transistor.fm/s/b3bb6fe2
In French: share.transistor.fm/s/48a60d76
In English: share.transistor.fm/s/b3bb6fe2
In French: share.transistor.fm/s/48a60d76
Losing Our Religion? It's Not That Simple | Eh Sayers | Episode 25
Is that Canada in the corner? In the spotlight? Are we losing our religion? The census found that 12.6 million people reported no religious affiliation in 2021, more than 1/3 of Canada's population. ...
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May 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Check out this podcast episode titled "Losing Our #Religion? It's Not That Simple" with our Director Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme:
In English: share.transistor.fm/s/b3bb6fe2
In French: share.transistor.fm/s/48a60d76
In English: share.transistor.fm/s/b3bb6fe2
In French: share.transistor.fm/s/48a60d76
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Check out this short interview I did with Ryan Cragun!
Did you see the recent article in the New York Times called “Americans Haven’t Found a Satisfying Alternative to Religion”?
In this edition of NCF Reacts, Ryan Cragun (University of Tampa) discusses the article and offers a critique.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB0B...
In this edition of NCF Reacts, Ryan Cragun (University of Tampa) discusses the article and offers a critique.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB0B...
NCF Reacts: Ryan Cragun on "Americans Haven’t Found a Satisfying Alternative to Religion”
YouTube video by Nonreligion in a Complex Future
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April 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Check out this short interview I did with Ryan Cragun!
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Register now for our upcoming hybrid seminar, "Nonreligion in Brazil and Beyond: Emerging Approaches and Future Directions," featuring Olívia Barbosa, Guilherme Borges, and Renata Nagamine.
Date: May 14, 2025
Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm ET
Virtual registration here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Date: May 14, 2025
Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm ET
Virtual registration here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Register now for our upcoming hybrid seminar, "Nonreligion in Brazil and Beyond: Emerging Approaches and Future Directions," featuring Olívia Barbosa, Guilherme Borges, and Renata Nagamine.
Date: May 14, 2025
Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm ET
Virtual registration here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Date: May 14, 2025
Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm ET
Virtual registration here: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Our special issue "Biography and Secularism" is now out with Secular Studies! It is edited by Jeffrey Tyssens and me, departs from a workshop I hosted last year on biography and the history of atheism, secularism, and humanism, and includes 1+7 articles. Summary 👇
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April 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Our special issue "Biography and Secularism" is now out with Secular Studies! It is edited by Jeffrey Tyssens and me, departs from a workshop I hosted last year on biography and the history of atheism, secularism, and humanism, and includes 1+7 articles. Summary 👇
brill.com/view/journal...
1/9
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1/9
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Our latest webinar (co-hosted by @ishash.bsky.social) is now available on YouTube. This webinar focuses on how historians and social scientists can use statistics and data in the study of nonreligion.
@claregs.bsky.social @hugorabbia.bsky.social @antnlj.bsky.social
youtu.be/B0ptsdqQynA
@claregs.bsky.social @hugorabbia.bsky.social @antnlj.bsky.social
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Nonreligion, Past and Present: Interdisciplinary Conversations: Using Statistics
YouTube video by Nonreligion in a Complex Future
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April 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Our latest webinar (co-hosted by @ishash.bsky.social) is now available on YouTube. This webinar focuses on how historians and social scientists can use statistics and data in the study of nonreligion.
@claregs.bsky.social @hugorabbia.bsky.social @antnlj.bsky.social
youtu.be/B0ptsdqQynA
@claregs.bsky.social @hugorabbia.bsky.social @antnlj.bsky.social
youtu.be/B0ptsdqQynA
The third volume of Global Secularity. A Sourcebook (Volume III: Buddhist Asia) is now available for download (open access)-> www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
#nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
#nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
Volume III Buddhist Asia
This volume seeks to chart and elucidate the diverse relationships between the religious and secular spheres in regions of Asia that were significantly influenced – sometimes even dominated – by Buddh...
www.degruyterbrill.com
April 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The third volume of Global Secularity. A Sourcebook (Volume III: Buddhist Asia) is now available for download (open access)-> www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
#nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
#nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
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Our most recent webinar is now available to watch on YouTube!
In this webinar, Masoumeh (Sara) Rahmani and Peter Adds discussed their recent article, "Māori atheism: a decolonising project?" Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online (2024)
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW-W...
In this webinar, Masoumeh (Sara) Rahmani and Peter Adds discussed their recent article, "Māori atheism: a decolonising project?" Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online (2024)
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW-W...
Meet the Author: Masoumeh (Sara) Rahmani and Peter Adds
YouTube video by Nonreligion in a Complex Future
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April 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Our most recent webinar is now available to watch on YouTube!
In this webinar, Masoumeh (Sara) Rahmani and Peter Adds discussed their recent article, "Māori atheism: a decolonising project?" Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online (2024)
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW-W...
In this webinar, Masoumeh (Sara) Rahmani and Peter Adds discussed their recent article, "Māori atheism: a decolonising project?" Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online (2024)
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW-W...
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Our next seminar will be a fantastic interdisciplinary conversation about how historians and social scientists use statistics to understand the past and present of nonreligion. Hosted with @nonreligioncf.bsky.social. Sign up to join us via Zoom on Wed 9 April: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Our next seminar will be a fantastic interdisciplinary conversation about how historians and social scientists use statistics to understand the past and present of nonreligion. Hosted with @nonreligioncf.bsky.social. Sign up to join us via Zoom on Wed 9 April: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
It seems interesting -> Volume 54 (2024): Issue 3 (Aug 2024): Special Issue: Multiple Secularities in Africa, edited by Marian Burchardt, Magnus Echtler and Katharina Wilkens: brill.com/view/journal...
#anthropology #sociology #ReligiousStudies #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
#anthropology #sociology #ReligiousStudies #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
brill.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It seems interesting -> Volume 54 (2024): Issue 3 (Aug 2024): Special Issue: Multiple Secularities in Africa, edited by Marian Burchardt, Magnus Echtler and Katharina Wilkens: brill.com/view/journal...
#anthropology #sociology #ReligiousStudies #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
#anthropology #sociology #ReligiousStudies #nonreligion #secularism #secular #atheism
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Announcing the second in our series of Freethought History Webinars, ft. @Eoin_Carter on freethought and evolution - and Darwinian erasure? 15 April, 7pm UK time on Zoom. Register now and don't miss out!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Freethought History Webinar #2: Freethought and Evolution—and Darwinian Erasure? With Eoin Carter. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Freethought History Webinar #2: Freethought and Evolution—and Darwinian Erasure? With Eoin Carter. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ...
us02web.zoom.us
March 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Announcing the second in our series of Freethought History Webinars, ft. @Eoin_Carter on freethought and evolution - and Darwinian erasure? 15 April, 7pm UK time on Zoom. Register now and don't miss out!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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