Atheism
Main category: Atheism
Atheism is an absence of belief in the existence of deities.
Maps and diagrams of atheism
- Negative atheists and positive atheists.
- Implicit and explicit atheism.
- Nonreligious population by country, 2010, according to Pew Research.
- Percentage of people in various European countries who said: "I don't believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force." (2010)
- Percentage of self-declared atheists in Europe, according to Eurobarometer 2019.
History of atheism
Main gallery: History of atheism.
- Bust of a Greek philosopher, possibly Democritus. Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum.
- Skeptics in Raphael's painting The School of Athens. On the right there is possibly Theodorus the Atheist.
- Alexander Roslin, Portrait of Baron d'Holbach, 1785.
Civil marriage became possible with the French Revolution.- Monument to Ludwig Feuerbach in Nuremberg.
- Statue of Charles Bradlaugh.
- Tombstone detail of a freethinker, 19th century.
Bust of Friedrich Nietzsche by Max Klinger, circa 1904.
Watson Heston, Two Ways to Go, 1896.- Jugendweihe is a secular coming of age ceremony. Photograph from early 20th century Germany.
- "It's incomprehensible that people don't believe in God when even the emperor believes!" 1911 drawing by Ernst Heilemann in German satirical magazine Simplicissimus.
- Monument to the Freethinkers association in the Dasbeck cemetery, Germany.
- Commemorative stamp on Gora (Goparaju Ramachandra Rao), India 2002.
- Strawberry Fields memorial, New York 1985.
Atheism in 21st century
- Richard Dawkins in 2005.
- Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion (2006).
- Daniel Dennett in 2006.
- Christopher Hitchens 2007.
- Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris.
- Author José Saramago in 2008.
- Stephen Hawking 2008.
- University of Alberta Atheists and Agnostics 2008.
- Philosopher Peter Singer.
- Philosopher Telmo Pievani in Rome at the 2012 Darwin Day organised by UAAR.
- Journalist and activist Jamila Bey speaks in Reason Rally 2012.
- Blogger Hemant Mehta aka The Friendly Atheist in 2014.
- Biologist Richard Dawkins, cosmologist Lawrence Krauss and science writer Julia Galef in 2015.
- The Dutch magazine De Vrijdenker (The Freethinker) 2015.
- Bart Campolo's lecture to the Atheist Community of San Jose in May 2017.
- Atheist music realized with AI music generation tools: Syntharia – My God Is Science.
Atheism in America
Canada
- Canadian atheists logo.
- Humanists, Atheists, & Agnostics of Manitoba (HAAM) booth in 2012.
Latin America
- Logo of ATEA (Brazilian Association of Atheists and Agnostics).
- Bogotá, Colombia 2012.
- Atheist congress in Chile, 2015.
United States
Main gallery: Atheism in the United States.
- American Atheists logo.
- Godless Americans March on Washington 2002.
- Minnesota Atheists 2016.
- Hoodie with a text.
- Seattle Atheists at Seattle Pride 2009.
- Dan Barker, photo by © Brent Nicastro.
- Anthony Magnabosco speaks for American Atheists in 2011.
- Reason Rally 2012.
- Sikivu Hutchinson speaks at the 2012 Moving Secularism Forward.
- Atheist monument.
- Science Ichthys.
- No Ban No Wall rally in Denver on 2017.
- Athena Salman speech in American Atheists 2017 National Convention.
- Mandisa Thomas, President of Black Nonbelievers, speaking at the American Atheists Convention 2017.
- Black Nonbelievers table at the American Atheists Convention 2017.
- Herb Silverman, president-emeritus of the Secular Coalition for America, in Dragon Con 2018.
Atheism in Asia and Africa
- Rationalist, skeptic, and godman debunker Narendra Nayak during a miracle-exposure program in 2007.
- Message of Rafida Ahmed, widow of Avijit Roy, 2015.
- Taslima Nasrin in 2019.
- Iraqi women's rights activist Worood Zuhair in 2019.
- Atheist meeting in Nairobi, Kenya in 2020.
Atheism in Europe
Germany
- IBKA logo.
- German philosopher Michael Schmidt-Salomon in 2009.
- Michael Schmidt-Salomon in 2009.
- Michael Schmidt-Salomon in 2014.
Italy
- Sit-in for Alfredo Ormando, in front of Vatican, 2008.
- Sit-in for Alfredo Ormando, in front of Vatican, 2008.
- Demonstration in 2008.
- UAAR activists at the 2010 Rome Gay Pride.
- Carla Corsetti, Atheist Democracy, 2010.
- UAAR at the Day of Liberation 2013 in Rome.
Poland
- Logo of the Kazimierz Łyszczyński Foundation.
- Koalicja Ateistyczna logo.
- Foundation Kazimierz Łyszczyński at the Equality Parade in Warsaw in 2022.
- Foundation Kazimierz Łyszczyński at the Equality Parade in Warsaw in 2023.
United Kingdom
- "Brighton Most Godless City In Britain" according to The Argus in 2009.
- Atheist Bus Campaign in the United Kingdom 2009.
- Humanist Students 2009.
- Protest the Pope Rally, London 2010.
- Philosopher A. C. Grayling signing books at 2010 Global Atheist Convention.
- March for Secular Europe in London 2012.
- Atheism UK in International Day for Free Expression rally, London 2012.
Other
- Atheist Ireland Logo.
- Atheist Union of Greece logo.
- Atheisten Österreich logo.
- Logo of the De Vrije Gedachte, The Netherlands.
- French philosopher Michel Onfray in 2012.
- Atheist Ireland at Dublin Pride 2016.
- Journalist and author Shurika Hansen talks at Atheist Day 2019 in Oslo.
Atheism in Oceania
- Atheist Foundation of Australia.
- Global Atheist Convention 2010, Melbourne.
- Global Atheist Convention 2010, Melbourne.
- Global Atheist Convention 2012, Melbourne.
Ex-muslim activists
- Nahla Mahmoud, Secular Conference 2015.
- Zehra Pala, the president of Atheism Association of Turkey in 2017.
- Muhammad Syed, Ex-Muslims of North America, 2017.
- Women's rights activist Zara Kay 2018.
- Maryam Namazie in 2019.
- Sarah Haider, Shabana Rehman and Maryam Namazie in 2019.
- Armin Navabi, founder of Atheist Republic, speaking at the Atheist Days in Warsaw, on 2019.
- Arzu Toker from Germany in 2020.
Symbols of atheism
Main gallery: Symbols of atheism.
- Symbol of atheism, created by Diane Reed in 2007.
- Icon from The Noun Project.
- Atom logo.
- Atom of atheism.
- International Atheist Day (March 23) symbol.
- A symbol of atheism that resembles the symbol of anarchism.
- Pansy is a symbol of freethought.
- Atheist badge.
Books about atheism
- D. M. Brooks: The Necessity of Atheism (1933).
- George H. Smith: Atheism: The Case Against God (1974).
- J. L. Mackie: The Miracle of Theism (1983).
- Michel Onfray: Atheist Manifesto (2005, in English 2007).
- Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion (2006).
- Christopher Hitchens: God is Not Great (2007).
- A. C. Grayling: Against All Gods (2007).
- Herman Philipse: God in the Age of Science? (2012).
- A. C. Grayling: The Good Book (2013).
Criticism of atheism
- Postcard by American Legion, 1930s or 1940s.
See also
- Criticism of religion
- Freethought
- History of atheism
- Humanism
- Irreligion
- Secularism
- Secular ceremonies
- Scientific skepticism
- Symbols of atheism
