atheism

News

Unbelief is now the world's third-largest 'religion'

Dec 18, 2012 by Kimberly Winston

A new report on global religious identity shows that while Christians and Muslims make up the two largest groups, those with no religious affiliation—including atheists and agnostics—are now the third-largest “religious” group in the world.

News

The rise of the 'nones'

Oct 09, 2012 by Kimberly Winston

The number of Americans who say they have no religious affiliation has hit an all-time high—about one in five adults—according to a study released October 9 by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

Books

Religion for Atheists

A Non-believer’s Guide to the Uses of Religion

By Alain de Botton

Devout atheist

Jun 06, 2012 by David Heim

Alain de Botton is offiicially enthusiastic, but his book is wistful. Atheists who pick it up may find themselves undergoing a crisis of faithlessness.

Faith Matters

Idol smasher

Feb 27, 2012 by Thomas G. Long

Christopher Hitchens was an unrelenting unbeliever to the end. But Ross Douthat claims that everything about Hitchens points to an embrace of life and a refusal to give in to despair.

In the World

On "mere ceremonial deism"

Aug 05, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

Wendy Kaminer argues that while atheists have a right to be up in arms about the World Trade Center cross, in other cases they'd do well to pick their battles:

Century Blogs

There's the mystery

Dec 09, 2010 by David Heim

Whatever you think of essayist Christopher Hitchens, you have to admire his willingness to have a debate about God with just about anybody. Since he wrote God is Not Great: Religion Poisons Everything, he's taken on theologians, rabbis and Fox News pundits.

On the Shelf

Making Sense of Evolution

Jul 15, 2010 by Robert Cornwall

Here’s something creationists and evolutionary naturalists agree about: Darwin’s theory of evolution leads inevitably to atheism. John F. Haught disagrees. In Making Sense of Evolution, he proposes that one need not choose between God and Darwin.

News

Nonbelieving authors make room for belief

"People like objectivity"
Nov 17, 2009
Bruce Sheiman doesn’t believe in God, but he does believe in religion. Setting aside the question of whether God exists, it’s clear that the benefits of faith far outweigh its costs, he argues in his new book, An Atheist Defends Religion: Why Humanity Is Better Off with Religion Than Without It.
Books

Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies

David Bentley Hart

Bold apology

Sep 22, 2009 reviewed by Jason Byassee
Radical Orthodoxy is not a theological movement known for its accessibility. John Milbank, Catherine Pickstock and Graham Ward insist on a particular sort of Chris tianized Platonist metaphysics.
Books

Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America-—and Found Unexpected Peace

William Lobdell

After faith

Sep 08, 2009 reviewed by Valerie Weaver-Zercher
Either you don’t believe in God or you’re a dope.” This is how Newsweek's Lisa Miller sums up the thinking of Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris.