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 ...

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 ...

(The Conversation) — The number of individuals in the United States who do not identify as being part of any religion has grown dramatically in recent years, and “the nones” are now larger than any ...

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 ...

(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 ...

What we’ll share with you can help you reflect on your own opinions about religious ideas and be better prepared not to assume others are, or are not, religious without getting to know them first. It ...

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 ...