Cista

In Ancient Greek, a kíste (Latin cista) refers to a closed container, such as a woven basket with a lid, used, for example, for the transport of religious items.

We plan to make descriptions of (already tested) ideas for rituals and, for example, literature references available online in the future.

Rituals

A meaningful option for a communal ritual, such as at a funeral, is the tea light/candle ritual: several tea lights are placed in a shallow bowl, which may be filled with water or sand, and one by one, some or all participants step forward to light another tea light with a candle.

Literature References

In the future, we aim to curate a small but refined list of recommended readings.

We are pleased to already be able to highlight publications that have emerged within or in connection with the ARG (*). “Open Access” means, among other things, that the PDF of a scholarly publication can be downloaded free of charge.

  • (*) Wilfried Apfalter (2020), Is an Atheist Religion in Austria Legally Possible?, Journal of Law, Religion and State 8:1 (2020), 93-123 [Open Access].
  • (*) Wilfried Apfalter (2024), Science, Law, and Transubstantiation, Theology and Science 22:1 (2024), 172-183 [Open Access].
  • (*) Wilfried Apfalter, Nikolaus Bösch-Weiss & Wolfgang Ebner (2023), Atheistische Seelsorge, Leidfaden 12:2 (2023), 9-13.
  • (*) Wilfried Apfalter, Nikolaus Bösch-Weiss, Wolfgang Ebner & Michael Toppel (2024), Eine atheistische Perspektive, in: Therese Bauer (ed.), Dämonologie der Postmoderne. Vienna: Wiener Verlag, 227-234.
  • Carel van Schaik & Kai Michel ([2017] 2023), Das Tagebuch der Menschheit. Was die Bibel über unsere Evolution verrät. 9th German edition [1st German edition 2017; English original edition 2016: The Good Book of Human Nature: An Evolutionary Reading of the Bible], Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt.

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