Shared testimonies, collective singing, silent meditation and baptism rituals – these are all activities you might find at a Christian church service on a Sunday morning in the United States. But what ...

(The Conversation) — According to a recent Pew Center report, American Christianity remains in a nearly three-decade decline. Responding as “none” or “unaffiliated” on religious surveys, people ...

There is one field, however, where atheism is often assumed: science. These scientists espouse a frequently derisive rhetoric on religion and the religious public. Dawkins, for example, has argued ...

The Sunday Assembly was conceived by British comedians Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans as a “godless congregation that celebrates life.” In just a few days on Indiegogo they’ve raised almost £24k ...

Not everybody understands why atheists would want a church. Sometimes, Gorski said, he hears from atheists who recoil from the idea of religion. Years ago, the Church of Freethought wanted to put its ...

LOS ANGELES – It looked like a typical Sunday morning at any mega-church. Several hundred people, including families with small children, packed in for more than an hour of rousing music, an ...

Hemant Mehta hasn’t believed in God since he was 14. Richard Dawkins, best-selling author of The God Delusion, is one of his heroes. He chairs the board of the Secular Student Alliance, a national ...

The Church, it would seem, would be the last place to look for an atheist. Fools who say, “There is no God,” would be wise enough, one would think, to stay out. But not so. Although there may be no ...

Church for atheists: To the average citizen, this sounds like an oxymoron or a skit from "Saturday Night Live." But for founders Pippa Evans and Sanderson Jones, the Sunday Assembly is a very real ...

(The Conversation) — A sociologist of religion explains how atheist churches are helping people find meaning and community – serving many of the same purposes as religious churches. (The Conversation) ...

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