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(詳細はatheists who have been active in advocacy or education. The is a list of atheist activists and educators. Living persons in this list are people whose atheism is relevant to their notable activities or public life, and who have publicly identified themselves as atheists. ==Atheist activists and educators== * Clark Adams (1969–2007): Prominent American freethought leader and activist.〔"In college, after reading material from American Atheists, he became, in his words, 'a pretty hard core atheist.'" (Clark Adams: 1969–2007 ), American Humanist Association News Flash, May 24, 2007 (Accessed April 14, 2008)〕 * Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969): Dutch feminist and politician.〔(Infidel author promotes her second book ), ''Lateline'', Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)〕 * Natalie Angier (born 1958): Nonfiction writer and science journalist for ''The New York Times''; 1991 winner of Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting.〔(My God Problem )〕 * Dan Barker (born 1949): American atheist activist, current co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, alongside his wife, Annie Laurie Gaylor.〔(Minister Turned Atheist )〕 * Walter Block (born 1941): Austrian School economist and classical liberal〔Block, Walter. "Open Letter to Ron Paul by Walter Block." ''LewRockwell.com''. 28 December 2007. ()〕 * Peter Brearey (1939–1998): British secularist, socialist and journalist, Editor of ''The Freethinker'' from 1993 until his death.〔"He was an old-fashioned rationalist and radical. He detested modern politics and despised Blairite froth, spin-doctoring and cloned MPs and betrayal of principles. I share Peter's doubts about the milk-and-water term "humanism." He and I called ourselves atheists." Karl Heath, 'Obituary Letter: Peter Brearey', ''The Guardian'', May 30, 1998, Pg. 21.〕 * William Montgomery Brown (1855–1937): Episcopal bishop and Communist author.〔"An ecclesiastical court () sitting at Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday, found Dr. William Montgomery Brown, retired Bishop of Arkansas, a self-styled "Christian Atheist", guilty of heresy." 'U.S. Heresy Trial. A "Christian Atheist."' ''The Times'', Monday, June 02, 1924; p. 13; Issue 43667; col C.〕 * Richard Carlile (1790–1843): English activist. He was an important agitator for the establishment of universal suffrage and freedom of the press in the United Kingdom. * Richard Carrier (born 1969): American historian, philosopher, and atheist activist.〔(Biography of Richard Carrier )〕 * Greta Christina (born 1961): American blogger, speaker, and author.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Greta Christina )〕 * Chapman Cohen (1868–1954): English freethought writer and lecturer, and an editor of The Freethinker and president of the National Secular Society.〔"Cohen was a witty, courteous, and effective public speaker and debater, and a prolific writer with over fifty titles to his credit. Typical of his writings are ''A Grammar of Freethought'' (1921), ''Theism or Atheism'' (1921), ''Materialism Restated'' (1927), and four series of ''Essays in Freethinking'' (1923–38), culled from occasional pieces in the ''Freethinker''. His achievement was to transform Victorian freethought from an emphasis on anti-biblical argument to the positive advocacy of materialism ()". Edward Royle, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47685 'Cohen, Chapman (1868–1954)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 (accessed May 2, 2008). Note that there were actually five series of ''Essays''.〕 * Richard Dawkins (born 1941): British biologist, author of ''The God Delusion'', ''The Greatest Show on Earth'', ''Climbing Mount Improbable'', ''Unweaving the Rainbow'', ''A Devil's Chaplain'', ''The Ancestor's Tale'', ''The Blind Watchmaker'', ''The Extended Phenotype'', ''River Out of Eden'', and ''The Selfish Gene''. Founder of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, a non–profit charitable organization that promotes critical thinking, science-based education, and evidence–based understanding of the world.〔http://richarddawkins.net/〕 Richard Dawkins has produced several documentaries, including ''Root of all Evil?'' and ''Enemies of Reason''. * Margaret Downey (born 1950): an atheist activist who is a former President of Atheist Alliance International.〔(National and International Contacts ), Atheist Alliance International website, 2008 (Accessed April 14, 2008)〕 * Matt Dillahunty was the president of the Atheist Community of Austin until May, 2013. He is the host of the live internet radio show "Non-Prophets Radio" and of the Austin Public-access television cable TV show The Atheist Experience. He is also the founder and contributor of the counter-apologetics encyclopedia ''Iron Chariots'' and its subsidiary sites.〔(Iron Chariots ) - the counter-apologetics wiki.〕 * Joseph Edamaruku (1934–2006): Indian journalist, author, leader in the rationalist movement, and winner of the International Atheist Award in 1979.〔(Edamaruku dead: A staunch campaigner of rationalism ), ''The Hindu'', 2006 (Accessed March 31, 2008)〕〔(Honorary Associates of Rationalist International: Joseph Edamaruku (India) ), profile at the website of Rationalist International (Accessed March 31, 2008)〕 * Sanal Edamaruku (born 1955): Indian rationalist, president of the Indian Rationalist Association.〔On March 3, 2008, Edamaruku challenged a tantrik on TV to kill him using only magic. After two hours of failure, "()he tantrik, unwilling to admit defeat, tried the excuse that a very strong god whom Sanal might be worshipping obviously protected him. "No, I am an atheist", said Sanal Edamaruku." (The Great Tantra Challenge ), ''Rationalist International'' article (Accessed March 31, 2008)〕 * Reginald Vaughn Finley, Sr. (born 1974): ("The Infidel Guy"): Internet radio host and Pioneering Podcaster based in Atlanta, Georgia, co-founder of the Atheist Network and founder of FreethoughtMedia.com. Mr. Finley is a lifetime educational activist, critical thinker, humanist and atheist. During his show's tenure (1999-2010), he produced over 500 media programs that challenged his listeners as well as himself. He's also well known for his appearance on ABC's Wifeswap(2005) when his spouse (Amber Finley) swapped places with a fundamentalist pastor's wife, Kelly Stonerock.〔(Thinking Beyond The Standard ) (accessed April 14, 2008).〕 * David D. Friedman (born1945): capitalist writer.〔("Atheism and Religion" )〕 * Annie Laurie Gaylor (born 1955): co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and, with her husband Dan Barker, is the current co-president.〔"Air America... last Saturday aired its first Freethought show, hosted by () Barker and his wife, Annie Laurie Gaylor, who co-chair an atheist activist group called the Freedom of Religion Foundation." (Atheist Radio Show Goes National on Air America, With Ron Reagan as Guest ), by Catherine Donaldson-Evans, foxnews.com, October 12, 2007 (Accessed April 14, 2008)〕 * Emma Goldman (1869–1940): Lithuanian-born radical, known for her writings and speeches defending anarchist communism, feminism, and atheism. * Gora (1902–1975): Indian atheist leader, co-founder with his wife of the Atheist Centre in Andhra Pradesh.〔(The Atheist Centre ) (official website).〕 * Saraswathi Gora (1912–2006): Indian social activist, wife of Gora and leader of the Atheist Centre for many years, campaigning against untouchability and the caste system.〔 * John William Gott (1866–1922): English trouser salesman and leader of the Freethought Socialist League, the last person in Britain to be sent to prison for blasphemy.〔"Inspector Elphick said the defendant (William Gott ) was considered to be a Socialist and Atheist of the worst type, and had been convicted many times." 'Blasphemer Sent To Prison', ''The Times'', 10 Dec 1921; p. 7; Issue 42900; col B.〕 * Che Guevara (1928–1967): Argentine Marxist revolutionary, politician and author.〔"Ernesto "Che" Guevara, an atheist, has been reborn a saint in the desolate Bolivian village where he was captured and executed nearly 37 years ago." http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0817-07.htm〕 * E. Haldeman-Julius (1889–1951): American author, editor and publisher of the Little Blue Books series〔''The Militant Agnostic''. Haldeman-Julius, E. Prometheus Books. 1995.〕 * Erkki Hartikainen (born 1942): is a Finnish atheist activist. He is the chairman of the Atheist Association of Finland (''Suomen Ateistiyhdistys'') and former chairman of the Union of Freethinkers of Finland (''Vapaa-ajattelijoiden liitto''), the biggest atheistic association in Finland.〔(Erkki Hartikainen's profile ), hosted at the website of the Atheist Association of Finland (Accessed April 15, 2008)〕 * Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011): British-American columnist, polemicist, and free-thought activist. Author of New York Times best seller God is not Great - How Religion Poisons Everything. * George Holyoake (1817–1906): English secularist.〔 * ''Life and letters of George Jacob Holyoake'' by Joseph McCabe, pp 201, 221 * ''A history of atheism in Britain: from Hobbes to Russell'', by David Berman, pp 212-213〕 Holyoake was the last person in England to be imprisoned (in 1842) for being an atheist. He coined the term "secularism" in 1846.〔Feldman, Noah (2005). Divided by God. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, pg. 113〕 * Penn Jillette (born 1955): one half of debunking illusionist team Penn & Teller〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Penn's Blasphemy )〕〔His cars' license plates read "atheist", "nogod", and "godless".〕 * Ellen Johnson: President of American Atheists, 1995-2008. * Edwin Kagin (1940-2014): lawyer, activist, founder of the Camp Quest secular summer camp, and American Atheists' Kentucky State Director.〔(American Atheists: Kentucky ) (Accessed April 30, 2008)〕 * Paul Kurtz (1925-2012): Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo, best known for his prominent role in the United States humanist and skeptical communities.〔"It's not that these atheists (Sweeney, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Paul Boyer, Paul Kurtz ) expect to rid America of religion." (The New Atheists ), Betty Rollin (reporting), Bob Abernethy (anchor), ''Religion and Ethics Newsweekly'' (pbs.org), January 5, 2007 Episode no. 1019, (Accessed April 14, 2008)〕 * Viktor Emanuel Lennstrand (1861–1895): leader of the Swedish Freethought movement in the 1880s and early 1890s.〔Robertson, J. M. (2006). ''A History of Free Thought in the Nineteenth Century'', Volume 2. Whitefish, Montana: Kessinger Publishing Co. p. 487. ISBN 1-4286-5906-4, ISBN 978-1-4286-5906-3.〕 * Joseph Lewis (1889–1968): American freethinker and atheist, president of Freethinkers of America 1920–1968.〔Lewis wrote extensively on atheism, including (Atheism ) (1930), (An Atheist Manifesto ) (1954) and (The Philosophy of Atheism ) (1960). From ''Atheism'': "I came to accept Atheism as the result of independent thought and self-study."〕 * Barry McGowan (born 1961): Author of ''How to Separate Church & State''. Long-time atheist activist and former President and Vice-President of Freethought organizations, he is the creator and webmaster of AtheistActivist.org before the domain was sold to the Rational Response Squad in 2014.〔(How to Separate Church & State )〕〔(Atheist Activist )〕 * subcomandante Marcos * Hemant Mehta (born c.1983): Author of I Sold My Soul on eBay, chair of the Secular Student Alliance and author of the blog FriendlyAtheist.com.〔('I Sold My Soul on eBay': Interview with Atheist Hemant Mehta )〕〔(FriendlyAtheist.com blog )〕 * William L. Moore (1927–1963): Postal worker and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) member who staged lone protests against racial segregation. He was murdered on his final protest.〔"In Binghamton, people always thought Moore was peculiar. He was a pacifist and an atheist, who even objected to the words 'In God We Trust' on U.S. coins." (In Bill Moore's Footsteps ), Friday, May 10, 1963, ''TIME Magazine'' (Accessed 18 November 2008)〕 * Maryam Namazie (born 1963): A human rights activist, commentator and broadcaster. Namazie has served as the executive director of the International Federation of Iranian Refugees. She is spokesperson for the One Law for All Campaign against Sharia Law in Britain.〔http://maryamnamazie.blogspot.com/2011/07/faith-no-more.html〕 * Michael Newdow (born 1953): American physician and attorney, who sued a school district on the grounds that its requirement that children recite the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance, containing the words "under God", breached the separation-of-church-and-state provision in the establishment clause of the United States Constitution. * Michael Nugent (born 1961): Irish writer and activist, chairperson of Atheist Ireland.〔(Interview with Michael Nugent ) ''Sunday Business Post'', 28 June 2009: ” Atheist Ireland stands for two things. The first is promoting atheism and reason over superstition and supernaturalism, and the second is promoting an ethical and secular Ireland in which the state doesn’t fund or favour any particular religion.”〕 * Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919–1995): founder of American Atheists, campaigner for the separation of church and state; filed the lawsuit that led the US Supreme Court to ban teacher-led prayer and Bible reading in public schools. Murdered September 1995. * Robert L. Park (born 1931): scientist, University of Maryland professor of physics, and author of ''Voodoo Science'' and ''Superstition''.〔Park, Robert L. ''Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science'', 2008, Princeton University Press, page viii〕 * Philip K. Paulson (1947–2006): American plaintiff in a series of law suits to remove a Christian cross from a prominent summit in the city of San Diego.〔"The real message is equal treatment under the law, and religious neutrality. That's the purpose of why I did it. It has nothing to do with me being an atheist. The fact is, the Constitution calls for no preference and that's why every judge ruled for me." Philip K. Paulson, quoted in Kelly Thornton, '(Vietnam veteran dies of liver cancer )', ''The San Diego Union-Tribune'', October 26, 2006 (accessed August 1, 2008).〕 * Herman Philipse (born 1951), professor of philosophy at Utrecht University, the Netherlands and University of Oxford, United Kingdom, writer of ''Atheistisch manifest & De onredelijkheid van religie'' 〔Uitgeverij Promotheus, Atheïstisch manifest & De onredelijkheid van religie, ISBN 978-90-351-2654-1 ()〕 * James Randi, (born 1928): magician, paranormal investigator, and founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation.〔Randi wrote: "...I am a concerned, forthright, declared, atheist." (Our Stance on Atheism ), Swift: Online Newsletter of the JREF, August 5, 2005. (Accessed June 1, 2007)〕 * A. Philip Randolph, (1889–1979): African-American civil rights leader.〔"Although greatly influenced by his father's political and racial attitudes, Randolph resisted pressure to enter the ministry and later became an atheist." Paula F. Pfeffer: "Randolph, Asa Philip", ''American National Biography Online'' Feb. 2000 (accessed April 28, 2008) ().〕 * J. M. Robertson (1856–1933): Scottish journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism, social reformer and Liberal Member of Parliament.〔"In that year he came under the influence of the radical freethinker Charles Bradlaugh and, after being active in the Edinburgh Secular Society, accepted Bradlaugh's invitation to join him in London as assistant editor of the ''National Reformer''. When Bradlaugh died, Robertson became editor until the publication failed in 1893, when he founded the Free Review, which he edited until 1895. () During the late 1880s and the 1890s Robertson extended his interests beyond atheism, free thought, and neo-Malthusianism and became increasingly involved with radical and ethical causes ()." Michael Freeden, ('Robertson, John Mackinnon (1856–1933)' ), ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006 (accessed May 6, 2008).〕 *Nemat Sadat (Born 1979): Afghan-American Ex-Muslim Atheist〔http://nematsadat.blogspot.com/2014/06/my-35th-year-birthday-message-to-world.html〕 & LGBTI Rights〔http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/commentary/afghanistan-election-lgbt-rights-can-pave-the-road-peace〕 Activist, writer, former professor at American University of Afghanistan〔http://www.voiceofisrael.com/next-theodor-herzl-ex-muslim-gay-atheist-afghanistan/〕 * Terry Sanderson (born 1946): British secularist and gay rights activist, author and journalist, President of the National Secular Society since 2006.〔"Many members of the NSS are, of course, also atheists. Some, including myself, have come to the conclusion that belief in the supernatural is fallacious, and they don't hesitate to say so. The fact that adherents to the supernatural explanation of life apparently cannot bear to hear any opposition, and rush to label atheists as "fundamentalist", is a measure of where we are." Terry Sanderson, 'All at sea over faith and secularism', ''The Guardian'', February 28, 2007, Reply Letters and emails, Pg. 35.〕 * Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883–1966): Indian revolutionary freedom fighter, and Hindu nationalist leader. * Ellery Schempp (born 1940): American physicist and church-state separation activist.〔"I am a strong supporter of the Secular Coalition for America. Whatever We are as skeptics, as freethinkers, as humanists, as atheists, as naturalists, as methodological materialists--I embrace it all. But I try to understand anti-humanist and non-humanist perspectives. () I shied away from the word "atheist" most of my life, partly I think because of (Atheists' founder ) Madalyn Murray O'Hair's stridency, perhaps because of the general opprobrium that is attached to atheists. () About a decade ago, I began to wonder why I wasn't an atheist. I knew I was a humanist, even during the many years I wasn't a member of any church, nor of the several humanist associations in existence. () I do accept that a god-belief is very real for many people, but never having found any evidence in the natural world for gods, ghosts, gurus, astrologers, Atlanteans, homoeopathists, and the whole ocean of non-natural beliefs, I decided that I could join the community of nonbelievers and skeptics who call themselves atheists." Ellery Schempp, 'The Humanist Interview: Ellery Schempp', ''Humanist'', Jan/Feb 2008, Vol. 68, Issue 1.〕 *Amanda Brown (Born 1986): Founder of We Are Atheism, "Coming out atheist" campaign. Founder of Atheists Giving Aid; non-profit organization that helps anyone regardless of religious affiliation in times of crisis. She has been an atheist activist since 2010 and has raised over $100,000 in financial assistance to atheists in need around the country.〔http://www.weareatheism.com〕 *Adam Brown (Born 1981): Founder of Atheism Resource, a resource that informs, entertains, and educates the public about all things atheism. Married to Amanda Brown in 2006 this "atheist power couple" has helped change the face of atheism since 2010.〔http://www.atheismresource.com〕 * Ariane Sherine (born 1980): English comedy writer and journalist. She created the UK version of the Atheist Bus Campaign, which ran in January 2009. She lives in London. * Charles Lee Smith (1887–1964): an atheist activist in the United States and an editor of the ''Truth Seeker'' until his death. He also founded the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism. Smith was arrested twice in 1928 for selling atheist literature and for blasphemy. Since he refused to swear an oath to God on the Bible, he was not allowed to testify in his own defense.〔"Closer to home, in Arkansas, atheist activist Charles Lee Smith was twice arrested in 1928, first for selling atheist literature and then for blasphemy. Moreover, since he couldn't as an atheist swear an oath to God on the Bible, he wasn't permitted to testify in his own defense!" American Humanist Association Executive (AHA) Director Roy Speckhardt, as quoted in an AHA press release: (Did Politician Really Apologize for Anti-Atheist Rant? ) April 11, 2008 (Accessed April 15, 2008)〕 * Barbara Smoker (born 1923): British humanist activist and freethought advocate. Wrote the book ''Freethoughts: Atheism, Secularism, Humanism – Selected Egotistically from The Freethinker''. * Teller (magician) (born 1948): one half of debunking illusionist team Penn & Teller * Mandisa Thomas (living): founder and president of Black Nonbelievers Inc, which she founded in 2011. * Polly Toynbee (born 1946): British journalist, columnist for ''The Guardian''. * Nicolas Walter (1934–2000): British anarchist and atheist writer, speaker and activist."Mr Walter is a third-generation atheist, very proud that his grandparents, on both sides, shrugged off various forms of Protestantism. His father was W Grey Walter, the eminent neurologist, who often appeared on The Brains Trust. "He was a left-wing humanist and believed that science could solve everything." " Hunter Davies interviewing Walter, 'O come all ye faithless: Nicolas Walter, a militant atheist, sees no reason to celebrate Christmas. But he'll still be singing a carol or two', ''The Independent''〔(London), December 20, 1994, Life, Pg. 19.〕 * Keith Porteous Wood (born 1948): Executive Director, formerly General Secretary, of the National Secular Society in the United Kingdom.〔"I have been an atheist all my life and I have been the executive director of the National Secular Society for six years." (Minutes of Evidence ), House of Lords Select Committee on Religious Offences in England and Wales, July 18, 2002 (accessed April 18, 2002).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of atheist activists and educators」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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