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Essay: The slow implosion of atheism is accelerating (view source)
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As a movement, New Atheism is effectively dead (see: [[Decline of militant atheism in the West]]).
As a movement, New Atheism is effectively dead (see: [[Decline of militant atheism in the West]]).
== New atheism and the substantial increase in infighting among Western atheists ==
In the [[Western World]], [[secularization]] has stalled in [[Northern Europe]] and appears to have recently stalled in Britain (see: [[Desecularization]]
and [[British atheism]]).
In addition, there has been a significant uptick in atheist infigthing among Western atheists - largely sparked to atheist infighting within [[American atheism]] and conflict between the [[secular left]] and the [[secular right]] (see also: [[Atheist factions]]).
New Atheism was a significant factor in sparking infighting among atheists as was the rise of [[right-wing]]/[[alt-right]] ideology among atheists/non-religious/religious and the growth of [[feminism]]/[[identity politics]] among secular leftists (see also: [[Elevatorgate]] and [[Richard Dawkins and Islamophobia accusations]]
=== Backlash to New Atheism ===
=== Backlash to New Atheism ===