# New Atheism and old religions or the other way around?

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2007-01-08-new-atheism-and-old-religions-or-the-other-way-around

The piece argues that organised atheism can reproduce religion's social identity, ritual and moral certainty even without belief in God.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 8 January 2007

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Hermeneutic Heretic (web.archive.org)](https://web.archive.org/web/https://hermeneuticheretic.net/2007/01/08/new-atheism-and-old-religions-or-the-other-way-around/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 8 January 2007
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: atheism, religion, social-identity, ritual.

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