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New Atheism, a personal choice or a political mandate? ;

New Atheism, a personal choice or a political mandate?

Dr Russell Foster

AEP Lecturer in Britain and European Integration

27 September 2018

Religion has been blamed for a number of violent incidences in recent years, but how much can a collective group of people who worship a particular faith be blamed over the extreme views of an individual?

Dr Russell Foster explores ‘Public Atheism’, and how the “collective belief of no belief” attempts to eradicate religion from society, with some arguing that this causes as much violence and fear as extremists.

Listen to Dr Russell Foster on our 'Comment' podcast series and read his recent article in The Conversation

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