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The Chariot of Zeus, from Stories from the Greek Tragedians by Alfred Church

Disbelieve it or not, ancient history suggests that atheism is as natural to humans as religion

16 Feb 2016

People in the ancient world did not always believe in the gods, a new study suggests – casting doubt on the idea that religious belief is a 'default...

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Lois Lee

Europe’s forgotten “religion”

25 Aug 2011

Hundreds of millions of people in Europe alone are “non-religious”, but non-religion remains an understudied field. To mark the launch of a new...

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