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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «POLITOLOGIYA. RELIGIOVEDENIE»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RELIGION STUDIES»
ISSN 2073-3380 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2023. Vol 44

New Atheism as a System of Views in Alan Nixon's Interpretation: Introduction and Methodology

Author(s)
Yu. D. Smirnova, R. R. Fazleeva
Abstract
The paper focuses on A. Nixon's approach to understanding new atheism as a new relevant form of religiosity in society. Analysis of the dissertation study helps to understand how the author's position was formed and what is the methodology for his understanding of new atheism. Nixon defines his task when discussing the history of free thought in an attempt to contextually analyze the antireligious movement of the 21st century (new atheists and subgroups). His historical analysis of irreligia is a story that focuses on the appearance of differences between groups over time and the motives for such divergence and the appearance of groups. He links the measurements he discovered in his research to a longer history of the anti-religious movement.
About the Authors

Smirnova Yulia Dmitrievna, Candidate of Sciences (Philosophy), Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, 18, Kremlyovskaya st., Kazan, 420008, Russian Federation, e-mail: myphilosophy@mail.ru

Fazleeva Regina Rinatovna, Candidate of Sciences (Philosophy), Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, 18, Kremlyovskaya st., Kazan, 420008, Russian Federation, e-mail: pagua@yandex.ru

For citation
Smirnova Yu.D., Fazleeva R.R. New Atheism as a System of Views in Alan Nixon's Interpretation: Introduction and Methodology. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2023, vol. 44, pp. 136-149. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2023.44.136 (in Russian)
Keywords
new atheism, theism, irreligion, irreligiousness, secularism, secularist, post-secularism, accommodationism.
UDC
211.5
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2023.44.136
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