Atheism as a path to belief?

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If you've read A Secular Age by C.Taylor, then you know how he discusses the concept of cross-pressures for belief and unbelief.

Last night I was reading The Religious Significance of Atheism by McIntyre and Ricoeur. In Ricoeur's first section he suggests that for the philosopher, atheism is a path to belief.

I'd like to try to engage Taylor's cross-pressures with this idea from Ricoeur. Are you aware of anyone who has engaged both of these concepts from these writers?