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Atheist Awakening

Secular Activism and Community in America

by Richard Cimino and Christopher Smith

The Patheos Book Club features "Atheist Awakening" by Richard Cimino and Christopher Smith, an original exploration of the emerging movement of atheism in America. | read more»

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In the first sociological exploration of organized secularism in America, Richard Cimino and Christopher Smith show how one segment of the "nones" have created a new, cohesive atheist identity through activism and the creation of communities. | read more »

Atheist Awakening? A Q&A with Cimino and Smith

"We don’t think the new atheists have made many 'converts' to atheism among believers, but their writings have had a tonic effect in encouraging and, in Dawkins’ phrase, “raising the consciousness” of non-believers." | read more »

Praise for Atheist Awakening

"This insightful and comprehensive study of how secularists are attempting to form a collective identity and build community in contemporary America is a fine piece of sociology." — Barry A. Kosmin, Research Professor, Public Policy & Law Program, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut | read more »

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Something happened in American society in the last three decades that mobilized nonbelievers into action, and we believe that something is the increasing public — often political — presence of religion. | read more »

The Atheist Awakening and the Internet

It is more than just the number of web sites; secularists have used the Internet as an important means of activism in a way that both encourages consciousness-raising and creates a community for a diverse group non-believers | read more »

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