Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Atheism
- The Cambridge History of Atheism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Preliminaries
- Part II Atheisms in History
- Part III Reformation, Renaissance, Enlightenment
- Part IV Classical Modernity: Philosophical and Scientific Currents
- Part V Classical Modernity: Social and Political Currents
- Part VI Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries: Intellectual and Artistic Currents
- Part VII Lived Atheism in the Twentieth- and Twenty-First Centuries: Case-Studies
- Part VIII Emerging Atheisms in the Twenty-First Century
- 54 New Atheism
- 55 The Internet and the Social Media Revolution
- 56 The Atheist Spring? Emerging Non-belief in the Islamic World
- 57 Intersectional Atheisms: Race, Gender, and Sexuality
- 58 Religion for Atheists? Transhumanism, Mindfulness, and Atheist Churches
- 59 Atheism Throughout the World
- Part IX Conclusion
- Index
- References
56 - The Atheist Spring? Emerging Non-belief in the Islamic World
from Part VIII - Emerging Atheisms in the Twenty-First Century
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 September 2021
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Atheism
- The Cambridge History of Atheism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Preliminaries
- Part II Atheisms in History
- Part III Reformation, Renaissance, Enlightenment
- Part IV Classical Modernity: Philosophical and Scientific Currents
- Part V Classical Modernity: Social and Political Currents
- Part VI Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries: Intellectual and Artistic Currents
- Part VII Lived Atheism in the Twentieth- and Twenty-First Centuries: Case-Studies
- Part VIII Emerging Atheisms in the Twenty-First Century
- 54 New Atheism
- 55 The Internet and the Social Media Revolution
- 56 The Atheist Spring? Emerging Non-belief in the Islamic World
- 57 Intersectional Atheisms: Race, Gender, and Sexuality
- 58 Religion for Atheists? Transhumanism, Mindfulness, and Atheist Churches
- 59 Atheism Throughout the World
- Part IX Conclusion
- Index
- References
Summary
One of the most interesting features of the twenty-first century is the emergence of atheist discourses within Muslim-majority countries. Largely enabled by the Internet (see Chapter 55), atheist ideas appear to be acquiring an unprecedented audience in regions where such things are not merely outré, but actively illegal and even dangerous, as attested by several well-publicized instances of bloggers being imprisoned or even executed on conviction of apostasy.
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- The Cambridge History of Atheism , pp. 1040 - 1058Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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