Who Cares About Death Anymore?
Three Scholars On What the Rise Of Atheism Means For Our Feelings About the Hereafter
Few Americans, not even 5 percent, are strict atheists. But roughly a fifth of Americans subscribe to no organized religion and maintain a general skepticism toward religious faith. This is an increase over the past few decades, and it’s particularly pronounced among younger Americans. What does that mean for heaven? In advance of the Zócalo event “What Does Heaven Look Like?” in conjunction with the Getty Museum exhibition “Heaven, Hell, and Dying Well: Images of Death in the Middle Ages,” we asked several scholars for their views on contemporary attitudes …
