Atheists in American Politics: Social Movement Organizing from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries

In this book, one of the first to take atheism seriously as a social movement, Richard J. Meagher examines the political history of American atheism and freethought. Meagher demonstrates how changes in resources, opportunities, and movement identity help explain the political mobilization of atheists in America.

Richard J. Meagher is associate professor of political science and director of social entrepreneurship at Randolph-Macon College.