Atheism is a powerful presence in modern society and discourse, but its position has been radically different in past stages of history. This panel treats the many different pre-modern forms of unbelief, from classical skepticism, to medieval fictional dialogs between theologians and mock atheists, to Renaissance and Reformation attempts to diagnose atheism as a form of mental illness, to atheism's crosspolination with deism and other radical movements in the Enlightenment. How can atheism's ...

David Tucker

Moderator

Amy Palmisano

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Mel White

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