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How to Think like an Atheist

open access: yesApproaching Religion
Atheism has had a strong presence on YouTube since its founding in the mid-2000s, which coincided with the rise of the new atheism movement, and lay atheists were quick to use the platform to spread new atheist ideas.
Robin Ludvig Isomaa
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‘Living God, renew and transform us’ – 26th General Council of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, in Leipzig, Germany, 29 June to 07 July 2017

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
This article aims at exploring the theme ‘Living God, renew and transform us’ under the following headings: the living God and the gods of death, the desolation of atheism and the sun of righteousness, just law and the fullness of life.
Jürgen Moltmann
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Sovereign of Herself: Women’s Narratives of ‘Lived Atheism’

open access: yesSecularism and Nonreligion, 2018
In most western societies the number of female non-believers is growing and atheism has become one manifestation of nonreligion among many (Pew Forum, 2015). However, little is known about female atheists.
Marta Trzebiatowska
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The Institute of the Scientific Atheism and the transformation of the field of religious studies in the USSR in the 1960–80s

open access: yesЖурнал Белорусского государственного университета: История, 2022
This article examines the history of the opening of the Institute of Scientific Atheism of the Academy of Social Sciences under the Central Committee of the CPSU in the context of the transformation of Soviet religious studies in the mid 20th century ...
Olga V. Metel
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The (Im)Possibilities of Public Atheism in Indonesia: Legal Perspectives and Social Practices

open access: yesAdvances in Southeast Asian Studies
Indonesian society is, in large part, deeply religious. The notion of a divine entity (Ketuhanan yang Maha Esa) is the first principle of the Pancasila, Indonesia’s founding philosophy, also referred to as philosofische grondslag (philosophical basis) by
Timo Duile, Vincent Ricardo
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The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
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Periyar’s Political Atheism

open access: yes, 2023
Intervening in contemporary debates around secularism, this article describes the tension between New Atheism and religious extremism as a “false conflict”. The author argues that political atheism—drawn from his engagement with the works of Periyar E.V.
Manoharan, Karthick Ram
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Oxford Dictionary of Atheism

open access: yes, 2016
This new dictionary provides definitions of terms related to the subject of atheism, ranging from those of historic importance, including the history of the term ‘atheist’ itself, to crucial concepts in the contemporary study of atheism and related ...
Lee, Lois, Bullivant, Stephen
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All Gone to the Dogs: Peasant and Aristocratic Masculinities in a Late Medieval Swiss Revolt

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines chronicle accounts of the so‐called ‘Waldmann Affair’, a revolt within the territories of the city–state of Zurich in 1489 directed against its mayor, Hans Waldmann. The revolt was partly the consequence of failed economic and political reforms which put pressure on the countryside, but was provoked by the command issued ...
Jamie Page
wiley   +1 more source

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