Apatheism Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Noun
    • 1.2.1 Synonyms
    • 1.2.2 Derived terms
    • 1.2.3 Translations
  • 1.3 See also
  • 1.4 References

English

Etymology

Reportedly coined in 2001, as a blend of apathy and theism, by author Robert J. Nash.^[1]

Noun

apatheism (uncountable)

1. (religion) Apathy towards the existence of a god; belief that the question of the existence of a god is unimportant.
   • 2003, Jonathan Rauch "Let It Be," The Atlantic (US), May (retrieved 26 Sep 2010):

     [A]patheism is an attitude, not a belief system, and the over-riding fact is that these people are relaxed about religion.

Synonyms

• apnosticism

Derived terms

• apatheist

See also

• agnostic
• agnosticism
• atheism
• atheist
• atheophobia
• ignosticism

References

1. ^ Robert J. Nash, Religious Pluralism in the Academy: Opening the Dialogue (2001), ISBN 9780820455921, p. 27.

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