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apatheism

A Defense of Apatheism, sort of

September 12, 2018 by Randal

This autumn I will be presenting a qualified defense of apatheism at a conference. This is a draft of the paper I plan to deliver. It is in response to Jonathan Rauch’s important essay “Let it Be” in which he develops the concept of apatheism. The link between 9/11 and the new atheism is well-established, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apatheism, atheism, Douglas Groothuis, Jonathan Rauch, practical atheism

On Defending Apatheism

May 11, 2018 by Randal

My paper proposal offering a modest and qualified defense of apatheism has been accepted for the Evangelical Philosophical Society meeting this November at the annual AAR/SBL conference in Denver. Here’s the precis: In the Back Pew: A Defense of Christian Apatheism Apatheism can be defined as a lack of interest in so-called existence questions, i.e. questions […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apatheism

On those who loathe God

December 14, 2011 by Randal

Frank writes: I an NOT an apatheist.  I would be very concerned about god’s existence, as I would loath him for his abominable cruelty.” That’s right. In addition to atheists and apatheists we have antitheists. An antitheist is an individual who believes that God does not exist but also would reject God if God did […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: antitheism, apatheism, atheism, Christopher Hitchens, God, theism

Should you care if God exists?

December 13, 2011 by Randal

In 2003 Jonathan Rauch hit a cultural nerve when, in an article in Atlantic Monthly, he declared himself an “apatheist”. With this neologism Rauch sought to convey the point that he didn’t fall into either of the traditional theist/atheist camps. He certainly wasn’t a theist, but neither was he an atheist of the traditional sort because traditional […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apatheism, atheism, Atlantic Monthly, God, Jonathan Rauch, Noam Chomsky, theism

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