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The term '''New Atheism''', which first appeared in the November 2006 edition of ''Wired'' magazine, is frequently applied to a movement spawned by a series of six best-selling books by five authors that appeared in the period between 2004–2008.  These authors include  [[Richard Dawkins]], [[Christopher Hitchens]], [[Sam Harris]], [[Daniel Dennett]] and [[Victor J. Stenger]].<ref>http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/battle.html</ref>  

The term '''New Atheism''', which first appeared in the November 2006 edition of ''Wired'' magazine, is frequently applied to a movement spawned by a series of six best-selling books by five authors that appeared in the period between 2004–2008.  These authors include  [[Richard Dawkins]], [[Christopher Hitchens]], [[Sam Harris]], [[Daniel Dennett]] and [[Victor J. Stenger]].<ref>http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/battle.html</ref>  

Richard Dawkins said about New [[Atheism]], "[O]ur struggle is not so much an intellectual struggle, as a political one: What are we going to do about it?”.<ref>[http://secularismandnonreligion.org/articles/10.5334/snr.al/print/ Faithless: The politics of new atheism] by Steven Kettell</ref> [[Rhetoric|Rhetorically]], new atheists often took an aggressive, intolerant tone (see: [[Atheism and intolerance]]).  

Richard Dawkins said about New [[Atheism]], "[O]ur struggle is not so much an intellectual struggle, as a political one: What are we going to do about it?”.<ref>[http://secularismandnonreligion.org/articles/10.5334/snr.al/print/ Faithless: The politics of new atheism] by Steven Kettell</ref> [[Rhetoric|Rhetorically]], new atheists often took a dogmatic, aggressive, intolerant tone (see: [[New Atheism, dogmatism and Jonathon Haidt's study]] and [[Atheism and intolerance]]).  

Steven Poole wrote in ''The Guardian'' about New Atheism: "New Atheism’s arguments were never very sophisticated or historically informed."<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/31/four-horsemen-review-what-happened-to-new-atheism-dawkins-hitchens ''The Four Horsemen review - whatever happened to ‘New Atheism’?''] by Steven Poole,  Thu 31 Jan 2019 02.30</ref>

Steven Poole wrote in ''The Guardian'' about New Atheism: "New Atheism’s arguments were never very sophisticated or historically informed."<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/31/four-horsemen-review-what-happened-to-new-atheism-dawkins-hitchens ''The Four Horsemen review - whatever happened to ‘New Atheism’?''] by Steven Poole,  Thu 31 Jan 2019 02.30</ref>