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In the beginning of the 21st century a militant form of atheology called [[New Atheism]] developed in the [[Western World]] but that movement quickly began to decline within seven years and then quickly died out (see: [[Decline of militant atheism in the West]]).
In the beginning of the 21st century a militant form of atheology called [[New Atheism]] developed in the [[Western World]] but that movement quickly began to decline within seven years and then quickly died out (see: [[Decline of militant atheism in the West]]).
== Decline of atheology in Western World philosophy departments ==
[[File:Alister McGrath.jpg|right|thumb|175px|[[Alister McGrath]] ]]
In 2001, the atheist and [[Philosophy|philosopher]] Quentin Smith declared:
{{cquote|[[Naturalism|Naturalists]] [atheists] passively watched as realist versions of [[theism]] … began to sweep through the philosophical community, until today perhaps one-quarter or one-third of philosophy professors are theists, with most being orthodox Christians…. God is not 'dead' in academia; he returned to life in the 1960's and is now alive and well in his last academic stronghold, philosophy departments."<ref>[http://www.reasonablefaith.org/theistic-critiques-of-atheism Theistic critiques of atheism] by [[William Lane Craig]]</ref>}}
In 2004, Professor [[Alister McGrath]], professor of historical theology at Wycliffe Hall, [[Oxford University]] declared, "The golden age of [[atheism]] is over."<ref>http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=18837</ref>
== Social science research related to atheologists ==
== Social science research related to atheologists ==