In David A. Williamson and George Yancey's book, There Is No God, Atheists in America, they do a great job stating clearly that they will be tested in all chapters of the book. The chapters are also divided into easy-to-read topics that allow for better understanding of the book. They begin by giving the reader a brief history and understanding of atheism before discussing who atheists really are. After a few chapters on this topic, they delve into how atheists view religion as silly and how politics is a tenet of atheism. They end the book by writing about atheism in the United States and giving a final conclusion in which they restate their initial hypothesis and put it all together to summarize what their studies have discovered. In the following paragraphs I will provide my critical review of this book and examine the great things the authors have done and the things they may have been able to do to improve the book. In the first chapter of the book, the authors describe and try to understand atheism in the United States. This is where the authors set the boundaries for people they will consider atheists for the continuation of the book. The people they are focusing on are those who call themselves atheists and make up 24% of the 5% of Americans who have said they do not believe in God. In this chapter it is clear that as generations change, so does the atheism and religion in the United States. With this new atheism comes an increase in the number of people declaring themselves atheists, although the numbers may still be the same, more people may publicly declare themselves to be atheists. Through their quest to write this book,......middle of paper...takes the reader to the atheist and really looks at how atheists spoke. This book made me question my beliefs and achieved its goal of explaining and delving into the details of atheists and their beliefs. While they cannot be fully understood without further research, this book and the research conducted by the authors have created excellent initial conclusions for understanding atheists. After reading this book it is clear that atheism seeks to deny the social action of religion and that its aggressive traits are formed through religions that seek to influence society. Even atheists derive their morality from the idea that what is good will save us. Atheists also come from all parts of the United States and no matter if they come from a religious family or not, higher education seems to have an effect on their view of the supernatural..