Coming out is a fast‐growing global research area with numerous interdisciplinary
publications dedicated to its exploration. To contribute to a more organised and concise way …

Previous research has alluded to the predominance of atheism in participant pools of the
Nonhuman Animal rights movement (Galvin and Herzog 1992; Guither 1998), as well as the …

Rhetoric: Backgrounds, Theory, and Pedagogy. Bob had an encyclopedic knowledge and a
passionate dedication to writing—and to daily life, from planting orchards to fixing truck …

In 2012, Chris Stedman, then the Humanist chaplain at Harvard University, published the
memoir Faitheist. Stedman (2012) argues that nonreligious people ought to join with people …

This essay critically considers the rhetoric of agency—the attribution of varying levels of
agency to a person or persons as a premise in an argument—focusing in particular on …

This paper aims to address the need in rhetorical scholarship to recognize the obstacles that
atheists face in the public sphere. I propose that, within the United States, there is a …

This study aims to explain coming out of Thai students in the discourse of higher education.
Thus, prior research and literature reviews are discussed and argued critically to extend the …

In a recent essay, rhetorical studies scholar Kristina Lee argued that the field of rhetoric has
largely ignored atheists, and that the few articles that do address atheism either reinforce …

In this response to Spencer's essay, I highlight how our two essays have distinct aims and
purposes. Our contrasting interpretations and arguments reflect how differing goals …

This qualitative study focuses on the stories of Maltese and Gozitan atheists and
nonreligious adults, and how they narrate their religious exit within a religiously-saturated …