As one who writes and teaches a lot about secularism and humanism, lectures a lot about atheism and agnosticism, and directs a secular studies program, there are a few common questions/comments that ...

The fight between New Atheism and religious extremism is futile, for both are rigid in their outlooks and blind to social injustices. Political atheism is a radical alternative rooted in a broader ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fewer people are affiliated with religion in the United States, but that hardly means that they're all atheists. Anthony ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These scientists espouse a frequently derisive rhetoric on religion and the religious public. Dawkins, for example, has argued ...

(RNS) — Atheists in the U.S. are more likely to hide their beliefs if they are women, Republicans, if they live in the South or if they’ve previously been religious, according to new research by Rice ...

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Standing atop an approximately 8-foot-high ladder, Evan Clark tugged at a sign tightly nailed to a utility pole on the intersection of Echo Park and Bellevue avenues, just beyond ...

A number of prominent authors and scientists have published books in the last two years advocating a “new atheism.” The books, which include philosopher of science Daniel Dennett’s Breaking the Spell: ...

Easter season is not just a time of penance and, ultimately, joy for Christians, it is also a time for reflection. One appropriate subject for reflection at this time is the remarkably vigorous ...

An atheist columnist called on non-believers to boldly share their secular opinions and "normalize" atheism if they wanted to stop America's "drift into theocracy," in her Tuesday opinion piece for ...

What we’ll share with you can help you reflect on your own opinions about religious ideas and be better prepared not to assume others are, or are not, religious without getting to know them first. It ...