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POLITICS AND RELIGION
Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages 778-799Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1755048313000217
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This article discusses the political implications of the new atheism movement that has been popularized by writers such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris. New atheism is largely defined by its political goals, yet it has received relatively little attention from political theorists. To the extent that scholars have commented on new atheists' political thought, they have generally misinterpreted it and presented it as being intolerant. This article will argue that new atheists' attack on religion is largely motivated by their desire to defend a liberal view of politics and liberal values.
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