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The Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture (ISSSC) is located at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. ISSSC was established in 2005 to advance the understanding of the role of secular values and the process of secularization in contemporary society and culture.

[edit] Academics and Curriculum Development

ISSSC develops new multi-disciplinary courses based on a common theme every year with associated faculty at Trinity College, Hartford and the Claremont Colleges, California. The cross-discipline themes include (by year):

• 2005-06: The Roots of the Secular Tradition in the West
• 2006-07: The Secular Tradition and Foundations of the Natural Sciences
• 2007-08: Secularism and the Enlightenment
• 2008-09: The Global Impact of Secular Values
• 2009-10: The Secular Tradition in General Education

[edit] Social Science Research

• American Religious Identification Surveys
• International Survey: Worldviews and Opinions of Scientists (India 2008)

[edit] Publications

2009
Secularism, Women & The State: The Mediterranean World in the 21st Century (edited by Barry A. Kosmin and Ariela Keysar)

2008
Secularism & Science in the 21st Century (edited by Ariela Keysar and Barry Kosmin)
International Survey: Worldviews and Opinions of Scientists

2007
Secularism & Secularity: Contemporary International Perspectives (edited by Barry Kosmin and Ariela Keysar)

“Unbelief and Irreligion, Empirical Study and Neglect of” (by Frank L. Pasquale in The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief; edited by Tom Flynn; Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books)

2006
Religion in a Free Market: Religious and Non-Religious Americans—Who, What, Why and Where (by Barry Kosmin and Ariela Keysar)

[edit] External links

• ISSSC website
• ISSSC Publications