Consciousness Raising: The Critique, Agenda, and Inherent Precariousness of Contemporary Anglophone Atheism
Atheism, as a subject in its own right, has received comparatively little scholarly attention in the past. This study begins by unpacking the term ‘atheism’, specifying an appropriate timescale and limiting the scope of the investigation to the work of four key authors. Their critiques of religion a...
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2011
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International journal for the study of new religions
Year: 2011, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 77-103 |
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