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However, post [[Elevatorgate]], which occurred in July of 2011, there has been a lot of friction with the [[atheist movement]] (see also: [[Atheist factions]]). Beginning in 2012, Google USA saw a lower search volume for the words "atheist" and "atheism" (see: [[Google trends - Atheism and agnosticism terms]]). In addition, the [[New Atheism]] movement has waned (see also: [[Richard Dawkins' loss of influence]]).
However, post [[Elevatorgate]], which occurred in July of 2011, there has been a lot of friction with the [[atheist movement]] (see also: [[Atheist factions]]). Beginning in 2012, Google USA saw a lower search volume for the words "atheist" and "atheism" (see: [[Google trends - Atheism and agnosticism terms]]). In addition, the [[New Atheism]] movement has waned (see also: [[Richard Dawkins' loss of influence]]).
On November 6, 2015, the ''New Republic'' published an article entitled, ''Is the New Atheism dead?''<ref>[https://newrepublic.com/article/123349/new-atheism-dead ''Is the New Atheism dead?] by Elizabeth Bruenig, New Republic, November 6, 2015</ref>
In 2015, the atheist author Joshua Kelly wrote:
{{cquote|...since the death of Hitchens: angry atheism lost its most charismatic champion. Call it what you like: New Atheism, fire-brand atheism, etc., had a surge with the Four Horsemen in the middle of the last decade and in the last four years has generally peetered out to a kind that is more docile, [[Political correctness|politically correct]], and even apologetic.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2015/12/uproar-against-dawkins-is-sign-of-new-atheism-retrogression/ Uproar Against Dawkins Is Sign of New Atheism Retrogression] by Joshua Kelly</ref>}}
In addition, [[Baylor University]] reported in 2015:
In addition, [[Baylor University]] reported in 2015: