But the memory of that first night, when I thought I was losing him forever, stayed with me. The recognition of radical human vulnerability pushes some people toward belief, but for me it had the ...

I'm bored by New Atheism. It's time we move on and leave the years of irascible, impatient, blunt, godless discourse behind Today I have been defending New Atheism in the morning, and will be ...

Not all atheists are created equal. Some raise sincere questions; others simply attack. Learn how to respond to both effectively. Sébastien Norblin, “St. Paul in Athens,” 1844 (photo: Public Domain) ...

After reading the essays by former atheists recounting their journeys to Christianity and Catholicism in From Atheism to Catholicism, I was struck by the intellectual rigor many of these converts ...

I didn't know what fire and brimstone was until I made a throwaway claim recently during an appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher. It seemed pretty unaudacious at the time, but by dropping the ...

Philosophers Trevor Hedberg and Jordan Huzarevich echo Rauch’s sentiment: “ [Apatheism] is distinct from theism, atheism, and ...

Atheists are heavily concentrated in economically developed countries, particularly the social democracies of Europe. In underdeveloped countries, there are virtually no atheists. Atheism is a ...

The rise of new atheism has attracted significant attention but its novelty is often assumed rather than explained. By exploring the origins of new atheism and drawing comparisons to earlier atheist ...

Some people find it incredible their otherwise intelligent friends believe in a God, a Virgin Birth or the Resurrection of Christ. Others find it incredible that their otherwise intelligent friends ...

Louis J. Appignani, an 84-year-old living in Florida, tells a compelling story about his conversion to atheism. Despite attending Catholic schools from a young age and through his teens, he didn’t ...

Penn Jillette, Hayekian magician extraordinaire, attributes his atheism and his libertarianism to the credo, “I don’t know” which sums up his take on government and god: What makes me libertarian is ...

Smoke billows from oil wells, set ablaze by Islamic State militants before fleeing the Iraqi region of Qayyarah, on August 30, 2016. The world isn’t ending, but we face a tremendous problem from ...