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Index
“A Psalm of Life” (Longfellow), 197
abortion, 37, 67, 87
academics, 73–74, 82, 96, 99, 163
activism, 112, 114, 192, 209, 213
addiction, 140–41, 157–60, 222
Adler, Felix, 129
affluence, 38, 41–42, 51, 89
African Americans, 5, 9–10, 77, 117–19, 132, 189, 214, 219. See also Black Nonbelievers, Inc.
agnostics, 23, 76, 82, 187, 209
and being good, 168
considered un-American, 213–16, 220
and death, 197
definition of, 205–7
dislike/distrust of, 114, 219–20
early emergence of, 56–58
and environmental issues, 21
groups formed for, 112–15, 128
during Holocaust, 149
important contributions of, 216
increasing numbers of, 46, 59–61
label/term of, 110, 207
misconceptions about, 9–10
and overcoming difficulties, 141
and parenting, 96
and racism, 20
Agnostics, Atheists, Humanists, & Secularists (AAHS), 120–22, 126–28
Ahlquist, Jessica, 213
AIDS, 192, 222
Air Force Academy, 114
al-Razi, Muhammad, 57, 72
al-Warraq, Muhammad, 57
Alabama, 49
Alaska, 49
Alaskan Atheists, 127
Algeria, 46
Ali, Ayaan Hirsi, 123
Allah, 57, 103
Altemeyer, Bob, 95, 223
altruism, 7, 27, 35–36, 129, 223
Alzheimer’s disease, 195–96
Amazon rain forest, 75
American Humanist Association, 109, 115–16, 123, 217
American Legion, 220
Amin, Idi, 52
Analects (Confucius), 14
Anaximander (Greek philosopher), 57
animals, protection of, 22
Annapolis, Maryland, 112, 115
anthropology/anthropologists, 26, 35–36, 75, 93, 124, 128
antireligious, 52, 57, 96, 127–28, 136
Antony, Louise, 210
apartheid, 21, 52
“apatheists,” 64
apostates, 64–65
Argentina, 181
Argyle, Michael, 180
Arizona, 108
Arkansas, 49, 87, 214
Armenia/Armenians, 180, 188–89
art/artists, 7, 17–19, 132, 135–36, 200, 208, 210
Asian Americans, 219
Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, 191
atheists, 6, 77, 82, 131, 209
appreciate religion, 222–23
barred from public office, 213–14
common concerns of, 21–22
considered un-American, 213–16, 220
and discrimination, 87
dislike/distrust of, 43, 114, 119, 219–20
early emergence of, 56–58
groups formed for, 111–18, 120–22, 127–28, 177
important contributions of, 216
increasing numbers of, 46, 59–61, 66
labeling of, 30, 110, 113, 143, 204–5
and life-cycle rituals, 186
mischaracterizations of, 73–74, 76
misconceptions about, 9–12
and overcoming difficulties, 141–47, 162
positive aspects of, 8, 13, 108
“resurrected,” 177–80
studies of, 124, 163
twelve-step programs for, 158–59
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Atlanta, Georgia, 117–19
Aukofer, Clare, 27
Austin, Texas, 157
Australia, 42, 46, 59, 181
autonomy, 6, 94–95, 125–26, 224
Averroes (Islamic philosopher), 57
aweism, 4, 201, 205, 209–12, 224
Azerbaijan, 59
Bachmann, Michele, 67
Baggini, Julian, 205
Bahaism, 14, 107
Baldwin, James, 119
Bangladesh, 46–47, 76
Baptists, 110, 113
Barker, Dan, 197
Barrett, Justin, 74
Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin, 22, 30, 180
Belgium, 46, 59
believing in something, 62–64
believing without belonging, 63–64
belonging without believing, 64, 71, 96, 148–49
Bengtson, Vern, 94, 96
Benin, 48
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, 73
Berlinerblau, Jacques, 126–27, 219
Bible, 14–15, 34, 42, 65, 87, 89, 103, 113, 121, 161, 184, 191, 201, 217
Bible Belt, 83
Big Bang, 200–201
birth control, 112, 208
births, 104, 186, 205
Black Nonbelievers, Inc., 117–19
Boehm, Cristopher, 26–27
Bonobo and the Atheist, The (de Waal), 26
Boone County, Kentucky, 108
Boy Scouts, 220
Boyer, Pascal, 76
Brazil, 46, 48
Brenneman, Robert, 48
Brooklyn, New York, 71
Brown, Callum, 59, 69
Bruce, Steve, 75–76, 94
Bruce, Tammy, 44
Brunsman, August, 112
Buddhists/Buddhism, 1, 14, 65, 107, 130
Buffalo, New York, 186
Bulgaria, 46, 59
Burke, Edmund, 44
Burundi, 48
Bush, George H. W., 214
Bush, George W., 21, 67, 190, 214
Caldwell-Harris, Catherine, 127–28
California, 49, 108, 137, 172
Cambodia, 52
Camp Beagle, 115
Camp Quest, 107–9, 123, 126, 134–36
Campanella, Felix, 30–31
camps (for children), 166
humanist, 115, 136
religious, 107, 110, 142
secular, 107–9, 123, 126, 134–36
Canada, 42, 46, 58–59, 181
cancer, 24, 140, 174, 182, 198
caring for others, 3, 23–31, 152–53, 157–58, 182, 190
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