Changes

== Christopher Hitchens' death and the decline of the New Atheism movement ==

== Christopher Hitchens' death and the decline of the New Atheism movement ==

[[File:Richard Dawkins at Global Atheism Convention.jpg|thumbnail|250px|left|[[Richard Dawkins]] speaking at the 2010 [[Global atheism|Global Atheism]] Convention.]]

[[File:Richard Dawkins at Global Atheism Convention.jpg|thumbnail|280px|left|[[Richard Dawkins]] speaking at the 2010 [[Global atheism|Global Atheism]] Convention.]]

 

 

In 2015, the atheist author Joshua Kelly wrote:

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>}}

{{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>}}