“Taking Religion Seriously” is, in that sense, typical of its author. Mr. Murray wasn’t searching for religious belief. His ...

My colleague Carmel Richardson wrote: “[Richard] Dawkins is right to recognize that it is better to belong to a Christian nation than to any other sort of nation. Indeed, much of his own worldview, ...

When Lori Griffith's husband was battling cancer, members of the church he grew up in sent cards and flowers and checked up on the couple regularly. "I saw all this coming in and I was taking care of ...

Atheism is hardly a new philosophical position in the history of the human race. As long as religious people have affirmed the existence of a god, other, more skeptical people have felt compelled to ...

After years of decline, a growing number of Americans believe religion is on its way back, a new study from Pew Research ...

There are two pressing crises tied to the state of religion in America today. A new style of atheism can help answer both of them. The first crisis is rooted in an excess of religion. Christian ...

I have always had a high regard for the opinions and ideas of Michael Ruse, even as I have on occasion disagreed with them. But I must note that I was positively gobsmacked (to employ an appropriate ...

Last night on HBO‘s Real Time with Bill Maher, the host had a bone to pick with the fact that there’s no holiday for nonbelievers. During his New Rules segment of the show, Maher discussed how nearly ...

CHICAGO (Reuters Life!) - For some atheists in the United States it's a bright new day with the election of President Barack Obama and a move away from religion-shaped government policies of past ...

(RNS) How viable is a political party with the word "atheist" in its name? Troy Boyle, a corporate legal representative for a finance company, thinks very viable. Last March, he and a friend founded ...

(RNS) — At its core, secularism is an approach to governance, writes Jacques Berlinerblau in his new book ‘Secularism: The Basics.’ And critically, it is one many religious people, not just atheists ...

A group of people with a "naturalistic worldview" are trying to improve their image. They want to leave behind their old names — atheists and agnostics — and are adopting a new one: The Brights. They ...