Didrik Schjerven Søderlind (born March 13, 1971) is a Norwegian

secular humanist Secular humanism is a philosophy, belief system, or life stance that embraces human reason, logic, secular ethics, and philosophical naturalism, while specifically rejecting religious dogma, supernaturalism, and superstition as the basi ...

and

skeptic Skepticism ( US) or scepticism ( UK) is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma. For example, if a person is skeptical about claims made by their government about an ongoing war then the p ...

who works as a journalist and author. He works as an advisor for the

Norwegian Humanist Association The Norwegian Humanist Association (; HEF) is one of the largest secular humanist associations in the world, with over 130,000 members. Those members constitute 2.3% of the national population of 5.47 million, making HEF by far the largest such a ...

and has previously been a journalist for forskning.no with

science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

religion Religion is a range of social system, social-cultural systems, including designated religious behaviour, behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, religious text, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics in religion, ethics, or ...

, and

culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...

as primary areas of interest. He has published monographies of his own as well as contributed to anthologies, especially about lifestance and

skepticism Skepticism ( US) or scepticism ( UK) is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma. For example, if a person is skeptical about claims made by their government about an ongoing war then the p ...

. In 2015, Søderlind together with the priest Stian Kilde Aarebrot published the book ''Presten og ateisten'' (The Priest and the Atheist) in which the two through correspondence discuss faith and doubt through the perspectives of their different lifestances.

Published literature

* (with Michael J. Moynihan) '' Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground'', 1998 — winner of a 1999

Firecracker Alternative Book Award The Firecracker Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards focusing on small-press publishing. Previously known as the Firecracker Alternative Book Awards (FABs), in the current form they are known as the CLMP Firecracker Awards for Independ ...

* ''Kristen-Norge. En oppdagelsesreise'', 2010 * (with Stian Kilde Aarebrot) ''Presten og ateisten'', 2015

References

External links

Author profile at Humanist forlag
{{DEFAULTSORT:Søderlind, Didrik 1971 births Living people Norwegian humanists Norwegian atheists Norwegian writers Norwegian skeptics