Atheism is not a modern invention from the western Enlightenment, but actually dates back to the ancient world, according to a new book by a Cambridge academic – which challenges the … The Twilight of Atheism : The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World. The ubiquity of public debates about atheism, especially in conscious opposition to the perceived social threat posed by faith and religion, has been startling. See also: Atheism and women In the 1770s, the French philosopher Paul-Henri Thiry observed a dearth of female atheists. The natural history of atheism by John Stuart Blackie, 1877, Daldy, Isbister edition, in English /*! 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