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→Journal of Contemporary Religion on schisms within U.S. atheism
The ''Journal of Contemporary Religion'' say that internal divisions withing the American atheist movement have to do with:
The ''Journal of Contemporary Religion'' say that internal divisions withing the American atheist movement have to do with:
{{Cquote|internal divisions within the movement around issues relating to goals, strategies, and direction. These can be seen most notably in debates about the formation of a collective ‘atheist’ identity, in disputes about the effectiveness of confrontationalism and accommodationism, and in concerns about the movement’s ethnic, racial, and gender profile.<ref>[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13537903.2014.945722 Divided We Stand: The Politics of the Atheist Movement in the United States] by Steven Kettell]''Journal of Contemporary Religion'', Volume 29, Issue 3, 2014</ref>}}
{{Cquote|internal divisions within the movement around issues relating to goals, strategies, and direction. These can be seen most notably in debates about the formation of a collective ‘atheist’ identity, in disputes about the effectiveness of confrontationalism and accommodationism, and in concerns about the movement’s ethnic, racial, and gender profile.<ref>[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13537903.2014.945722 Divided We Stand: The Politics of the Atheist Movement in the United States] by Steven Kettell]''Journal of Contemporary Religion'', Volume 29, Issue 3, 2014</ref>}}
== Composition and structure of the American atheist movement ==
''See also:'' [[Atheist organizations]]
The ''Journal of Contemporary Religion'' says about the composition and structure of the American atheist movement:
{{Cquote|The organisational structure of the atheist movement is characterised by plurality and eclecticism. Based around no predominant group and possessing no formal leadership or tangible set of governing arrangements, this movement assumes a non-hierarchical and decentralised form that operates within a number of organisations set up to promote a range of atheist, secularist, and humanist (collectively referred to here as ‘ASH’) ideas and causes. Notable organisations include: the American Humanist Association (established in 1941), [[American Atheists]] (formed in 1963), the [[Freedom From Religion Foundation]] (1978), the Council for Secular Humanism (1980), the Atheist Alliance of America (1991), the [[Center for Inquiry]] (1991), the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers (1998), the [[Secular Student Alliance]] (2000), the Secular Coalition for America (2002), and the United Coalition of Reason (2009).
At the present time, little is known about the specific composition of such groups and the reasons why individuals become actively involved in the atheism movement are still being debated (e.g. LeDrew). Research suggests that a majority of atheists positively engage in efforts to promote atheism in some form (Silver), but it appears that only a small percentage become involved in formal organisations of this kind. Research also indicates that atheists who are actively participating in formal non-religious organisations tend to belong to a number of different groups at any one time (Hunsberger and Altemeyer).<ref>[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13537903.2014.945722 Divided We Stand: The Politics of the Atheist Movement in the United States] by Steven Kettell]''Journal of Contemporary Religion'', Volume 29, Issue 3, 2014</ref>}}
== Atheist Eddie Tabash on the American atheist movement ==
== Atheist Eddie Tabash on the American atheist movement ==