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English
Etymology
Reportedly coined in 2001, as a blend of apathy + theism, by author Robert J. Nash.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
apatheism (uncountable)
- (religion) Apathy towards the existence of a god; belief that the question of the existence of a god is unimportant.
- Synonym: apnosticism
- Coordinate terms: agnosticism, atheism, atheophobia, ignosticism
2003 May, Jonathan Rauch, “Let It Be”, in The Atlantic:[A]patheism is an attitude, not a belief system, and the over-riding fact is that these people are relaxed about religion.
Derived terms
Translations
apathy concerning the existence of God
References
- ^ Robert J. Nash, Religious Pluralism in the Academy: Opening the Dialogue (2001), →ISBN, p. 27.