The abstract of 2017 journal article entitled ''Atheism Plus What? Social Justice And Lifestyle Politics Among Edmonton Atheists'' published in the ''Canadian Journal of Sociology'' states:
The abstract of 2017 journal article entitled ''Atheism Plus What? Social Justice And Lifestyle Politics Among Edmonton Atheists'' published in the ''Canadian Journal of Sociology'' states:
{{Cquote|This article addresses Edmonton secularists’ responses to the emergence of a social justice faction known as Atheism Plus (A+) within the broader secularist movement. I show that some atheist activists express a [[libertarian]] rationalism consistent with Enlightenment values to maintain a lifestyle free from collectivist ideologies that promote social justice. The data for this article comes from interviews and participant observation, focusing on three atheist organizations in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I draw from literature focused on everyday lifestyle choices as a form of protest to argue that for some atheist activists, their individual intellectual development takes priority over building a strong collective identity. Given that some scholars claim that atheism perpetuates gender inequality (Amarasingam and Brewster 2016; Miller 2013; Schnabel 2015), this work additionally contributes to our understanding of how atheists conceptualize their activism as sub- and micro-political activities free from community constraints.<ref>[https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/cjs/index.php/CJS/article/view/27297 Atheism Plus What? Social Justice And Lifestyle Politics Among Edmonton Atheists] by Jonathan Scott Simmons, Vol 42, No 4 (2017</ref>}}
{{Cquote|This article addresses Edmonton secularists’ responses to the emergence of a social justice faction known as Atheism Plus (A+) within the broader secularist movement. I show that some atheist activists express a [[libertarian]] rationalism consistent with Enlightenment values to maintain a lifestyle free from collectivist ideologies that promote social justice. The data for this article comes from interviews and participant observation, focusing on three atheist organizations in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I draw from literature focused on everyday lifestyle choices as a form of protest to argue that for some atheist activists, their individual intellectual development takes priority over building a strong collective identity. Given that some scholars claim that atheism perpetuates gender inequality (Amarasingam and Brewster 2016; Miller 2013; Schnabel 2015), this work additionally contributes to our understanding of how atheists conceptualize their activism as sub- and micro-political activities free from community constraints.<ref>[https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/cjs/index.php/CJS/article/view/27297 Atheism Plus What? Social Justice And Lifestyle Politics Among Edmonton Atheists] by Jonathan Scott Simmons, Vol 42, No 4 (2017</ref>}}
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The entire article can be found at: [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322401200_Atheism_Plus_what_Social_justice_and_lifestyle_politics_among_Edmonton_atheists ''Atheism Plus What? Social Justice And Lifestyle Politics Among Edmonton Atheists''] by Jonathan Scott Simmons