“More Atheists Shout It From the Rooftops”
Read an April 26, 2009, New York Times story, “More Atheists Shout It From the Rooftops.”
Category: Beliefs & practices
“Beyond belief”
Read an April 26, 2009, Boston Globe story about the growth in academic research on secularism.
“A Bitter Rift Divides Atheists”
Read an Oct. 19, 2009, NPR story about the schism beween atheists and “new atheists.”
“The Evolution of the God Gene”
Read a Nov. 14, 2009, New York Times article about research into whether religious behavior is an evolved instinct.
“It Seems Biology (Not Religion) Equals Morality”
Read a Dec. 4, 2009, essay by evolutionary psychologist and biologist Marc D. Hauser, “It seems biology (not religion) equals morality.”
“Our Secular Coalition visit to the White House”
Read an account on The Washington Post‘s On Faith blog about the historic February 2010 meeting of White House officials with representatives from the Secular Coalition for America.
“Atheists’ Collection Plate, With Religious Inspiration”
Read an April 2, 2010, New York Times story about the Foundation Beyond Belief, founded by Dale McGowan to collect and disburse atheists’ charitable donations.
“White House Begins Effort to Bridge the Divide on Abortion”
In 2009, the White House put together a task force on abortion reduction proposals, an effort that stirred mixed reactions at the time, as this Wall Street Journal story recounts.
“Millennial Generation Committed to Availability, Conflicted about Morality of Abortion”
Americans are conflicted about the morality of abortion, but a majority say it should be legal in all or most cases, according to a survey conducted in April and May 2011 by the Public Religion Research Institute.