Tom Flynn

Welcome to ‘aweism,’ the nonreligious impulse you can’t explain

By Kimberly Winston — January 2, 2015
(RNS) "Secular people don’t believe in anything supernatural, but that doesn’t render us sterile souls," Phil Zuckerman said. "But because religion has constructed the language with which we describe existential wonder, it is almost like that is not our territory. But it most certainly is."

Meet Robert Ingersoll, America’s most famous forgotten atheist

By Kimberly Winston — May 29, 2013
(RNS) Robert Ingersoll was a Victorian-era rock star who packed theaters with people who traveled hundred of miles to hear his lectures against religion. Though largely forgotten, the man known as ``The Great Agnostic'' is enjoying a bit of a revival.

After giving up religion, atheists try giving up something else for Lent

By Kimberly Winston — March 18, 2013
(RNS) What would an “atheist Lent” look like? A group of young nonbelievers are finding out, observing the Christian practice minus its religious context.
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