Atheists in American Politics
Atheists in American Politics Today atheists, it seems, are everywhere. But, as political scientist Richard J. Nonbelievers write best-selling books and proudly defend their views in public; they…
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Atheists in American Politics
Today atheists, it seems, are everywhere. But, as political scientist Richard J. Nonbelievers write best-selling books and proudly defend their views in public; they have even hired a lobbyist.
From the "Freethought" movement of the late 1800s, to postwar "rationalists" and "humanists," to today's proud atheists, nonbelievers have called for change within a resistant political culture. Meagher shows, atheist political activism is not a new phenomenon. While atheist organizing typically has been a relatively lonely and sad affair, advances in technology and new political opportunities have helped atheists to finally gain at least some measure of legitimacy in American politics.
In Atheists in American Politics, one of the first works to take atheism seriously as a social movement, Meagher highlights key moments within the political history of atheism and freethought, and examines how the