Atheism

=== 21st century ===
{{Main|New Atheism}}

"New Atheism" is a movement among some early-21st-century atheist writers who have advocated the view that "religion should not be tolerated but should be countered, criticized, and exposed by rational argument wherever its influence arises."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/08/atheism.feature/index.html |title=The rise of the New Atheists |publisher=CNN |first=Simon |last=Hooper |access-date=March 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408094135/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/08/atheism.feature/index.html |archive-date=April 8, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><!--- NB: they may also advocate other views---> The movement is commonly associated with [[Sam Harris (author)|Sam Harris]], [[Daniel Dennett]], Richard Dawkins, [[Christopher Hitchens]], and [[Victor J. Stenger]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Preview: The Four Horsemen of New Atheism reunited |first=Alice |last=Gribbin |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/12/richard-dawkins-issue-hitchens |journal=[[New Statesman]] |date=December 22, 2011 |access-date=February 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410071709/http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/12/richard-dawkins-issue-hitchens |archive-date=April 10, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Stenger|2009}} The religiously-motivated terrorist [[September 11 attacks|events of 9/11]] and the partially successful attempts to change the American science curriculum to include [[Creationism|creationist]] ideas, together with support for those ideas from the [[religious conservatism|religious right]], have been cited by "new" atheists as evidence of a need to move toward a more secular society.<ref name="sharedvalues">{{cite journal |last=Garfield |first=Alan E |url=http://lawreview.vermontlaw.edu/files/2012/02/13-Garfield-Book-2-Vol-33.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207172239/http://lawreview.vermontlaw.edu/files/2012/02/13-Garfield-Book-2-Vol-33.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 7, 2013 |journal=Vermont Law Review |volume=33 Book 2 |title=Finding Shared Values in a Diverse Society: Lessons From the Intelligent Design Controversy |access-date=November 21, 2013}}</ref>