Society without God by Phil Zuckerman

Author:Phil Zuckerman [Zuckerman, Phil]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: NYU Press short
Published: 2008-09-30T14:00:00+00:00

Secure Societies

This theory comes from the work of Pippa Norris and Ronald Ingle-hart.24 Their explanation for why some societies are much less religious than others essentially goes like this (and again, I am paraphrasing): when the bulk of people in a given society experience a low degree of security, they tend to be more religious. Conversely, when the bulk of people in a given society experience a high degree of security, they tend to be less religious. What do we mean by security? The term refers to questions like: do most people have enough food to eat? Do most people have access to stable housing? Uncontaminated water? Jobs? Do most people have access to medicine? Are they vulnerable in the face of natural disasters, such as droughts or floods? Do most people find their personal or communal survival precarious? According to this perspective, when a given society is riddled with poverty, disease, and disorder, we can say that the bulk of its people live relatively insecure lives—and they will tend to be more religious. And conversely, if a society has very little poverty, disease, and disorder, we can say that the bulk of its people live relatively secure lives–and they will tend to be less religious. In the words of Norris and Inglehart:

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