In the 1940’s, Charles Templeton, who was a co-evangelist working alongside the notable evangelist Billy Graham also became an outspoken atheist in a relatively short period of time. In the late 19 th century, monk and theologian Joseph McCabe became a passionate spokesman for atheism and against religion almost overnight. The migration of committed Christian figures to atheism is nothing new. The Rise of “Deconstruction”Ī concurrent phenomena has also become evident in public media in this same time period. The increase in secularization, meaning the movement away from religion as a social sub-structure, has increased in that time, with a 2019 census reporting that church attendance and religious affiliations were at an all-time low in the United States – which has historically been a significantly religious country. In the twenty years following these events the atheist subculture in Europe and America has expanded, and atheism has become a viable social alternative to religion.
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