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New Atheism as a System of Views in Alan Nixon's Interpretation: Introduction and Methodology

open access: yesThe Bulletin of Irkutsk State University Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2023
The paper focuses on A. Nixon's approach to understanding new atheism as a new relevant form of religiosity in society. Analysis of the dissertation study helps to understand how the author's position was formed and what is the methodology for his ...
Y. Smirnova, R. Fazleeva
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Mitigating the Strife between Atheists and Islamists in the Arab World: Dissolving Supremacy of Principles within Socio-Historical Reality

open access: yesReligions, 2022
Western New Atheism is witnessing a resurgence in the Arab world which has provoked a strong Islamic counter-atheism reaction. The present essay seeks to: 1—briefly describe the cultural resurgence of both opposing camps, 2—illuminate a philosophical Qur’
A. Z. Obiedat
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The social dimension of the new atheism

open access: yesPhilosophy Journal, 2023
The article examines the socio-political aspect of the new atheism. Within the framework of this phenomenon, initially associated with the four bestselling authors R. Dawkins, S. Harris, K. Hitchens, D.
Ekaterina I. Korostichenko   +1 more
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Radical Distinction of the Secular and the Problem of Violence in the Context of Contemporary Culture’s Philosophical Comprehension

open access: yesКонцепт: философия, религия, культура, 2023
The theory of secularization has long been at the forefront of the philosophical discourse of the 20th century. The secular perception of social processes could not help but influence their dynamics, the decisions made by people at different levels of ...
D. S. Litova
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Contemporary Grammars of Meaning Creation: Scientific Creationism and New Atheism

open access: yesReligions, 2021
This article approaches the grammars of meaning creation by Scientific Creationism and New Atheism from an anthropological-communicological perspective.
Rubén Sanchez-Sabate
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More visible but limited in its popularity: atheism (and atheists) in Finland

open access: yesApproaching Religion, 2012
This paper argues that atheism has become more visible in Finland, but it is a relatively unpopular identity position. The relatively low popularity of atheism is partly explained by the connection between Lutheranism and Finnishness. In public discourse
Teemu Taira
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Atheism in US and UK Newspapers: Negativity about Non-Belief and Non-Believers

open access: yesReligions, 2021
Atheists are among the most disliked “religious” groups in the United States, but the origins of this aversion remain poorly understood. Because the media are an important source of public attitudes, we analyze coverage of atheism and atheists in ...
A. Maurits van der Veen, Erik Bleich
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Radical atheism and religious power: new atheist politics

open access: yesApproaching Religion, 2012
The increased visibility of assertive forms of atheism has provoked much public debate. This article argues that new atheism primarily seeks to contest what it considers to be the unjustifiably powerful role of religion through a multifaceted challenge ...
Stuart McAnulla
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Finitude, temporality and the criticism of religion in Martin Hägglund’s This Life: Why Mortality Makes Us Free (2019)

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020
Based on two presentations during a February 2020 South African academic visit at the University of Pretoria and the University of Johannesburg, in this contribution, the authors of this article engage with one of the bestselling recent volumes in ...
David Biernot, Christoffel Lombaard
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State Policies and The Increasing Number of Atheism in The Middle East: A Case Study of Saudi and Turkey

open access: yesCMES (Center of Middle Eastern Studies), 2022
This study aims to see the correlation between state policies and the increasing number of atheism in Turkey and Saudi Arabia. These two countries were chosen because they represent two countries with a majority Muslim population that apply Islamic law ...
Yuangga Kurnia Yahya
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