Apatheism

Pronunciation

• IPA: /æ.pÉ™.θi.ɪzÉ™m/

Origin

Reportedly coined in 2001, as a apathytheism, by author Robert J. Nash.

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

Full definition of apatheism

Noun

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):Apatheism 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