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 Conversation) — Two sociologists conducted interviews with atheist scientists and found that their views on religion are not as strident as the public perceives. Some even go to church. These ...

For most of human history, religion served as far more than a personal belief system. It shaped laws, influenced governments, guided moral codes, explained natural phenomena, and provided a framework ...

New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that atheists in some of the world's most secular countries show an intuitive preference for religious belief over ...

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 ...

Roughly two-thirds of atheists (65%) and six-in-ten agnostics (57%) either “strongly” or “somewhat” oppose the death penalty. Atheists and agnostics know more about religion than most other religious ...

(The Conversation) — Americans are getting more comfortable with new forms of spirituality, but their views of atheists are still complicated. We argue that Epstein’s election represents a shift 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 ...

Atheists in the United States are more likely to conceal their beliefs if they're women, Republicans, southerners or if they've previously been religious, according to new research from Rice ...

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 ...