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Recent Examples of theism
But the revered text affirmed a generic theism – belief in a creator god – without mentioning Jesus or Christianity.
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Thomas Tweed,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
And that’s just for starters on theism of some Founding Fathers.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2026
The Chinese Communists aren’t trying to extirpate every last trace of theism, thereby inviting the undivided opposition of religious believers and institutions (as the Soviets did with regard to John Paul II’s Vatican).
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Cameron Hilditch,
National Review,
21 Feb. 2021
Thoreau moves fluidly between the two, shuttling between the divine and the here-and-now, between theism and materialism.
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Longreads,
13 July 2017
Some theologians seemed to reject traditional notions of theism, even arguing that Jesus should be seen more as a human role model than an actual deity.
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Joseph Berger,
New York Times,
29 June 2017
While most of the Empire was being immersed in a religion which was a synthesis of Roman institutions, Greek philosophy and Hebrew theism, a subset of the population of philosophical inclination was being drawn into a religious system descended from Hellenistic paganism.
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Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
10 Aug. 2012
Thomas Tweed,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
And that’s just for starters on theism of some Founding Fathers.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2026
The Chinese Communists aren’t trying to extirpate every last trace of theism, thereby inviting the undivided opposition of religious believers and institutions (as the Soviets did with regard to John Paul II’s Vatican).
—
Cameron Hilditch,
National Review,
21 Feb. 2021
Thoreau moves fluidly between the two, shuttling between the divine and the here-and-now, between theism and materialism.
—
Longreads,
13 July 2017
Some theologians seemed to reject traditional notions of theism, even arguing that Jesus should be seen more as a human role model than an actual deity.
—
Joseph Berger,
New York Times,
29 June 2017
While most of the Empire was being immersed in a religion which was a synthesis of Roman institutions, Greek philosophy and Hebrew theism, a subset of the population of philosophical inclination was being drawn into a religious system descended from Hellenistic paganism.
—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
10 Aug. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for theism
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There are still remnants of the Gauls in the modern French language, including the words for country and paganism, INRAP president Dominique Garcia pointed out.
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To Europeans, the binary of civility and savagery paralleled that of Christianity and paganism.
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This year, classes include theology, Latin, anatomy and physiology, algebra, geometry and logic.
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Over five installments now, Pixar’s flagship franchise has built out what amounts to a theology etched in plastic and rubber about what constitutes a toy.
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To truly understand why the heartbreak outside the mosque quickly turned to anger, city leaders must look past political optics and grasp a foundational concept in Islam, which also parallels the monotheism tradition: the absolute oneness of our community.
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For all its moral and political weight, monotheism is surprisingly hard to pin down.
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This vague gesture in the direction of deism has no antecedent in the book, no moral or theological trajectory to make Bambi’s insight meaningful or satisfying.
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Those intuitions usually commended a staid deism and scorn for those whose beliefs extended any further.
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In 1809, Friedrich’s budding pantheism landed him in hot water.
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If anyone is wondering, stoicism and pantheism are my preferred lenses through to view the world.
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Although Americans are rarely asked to weigh in on polytheism, surveys consistently show that not believing in God is among the biggest political liabilities—more electorally costly than being gay, Black, Jewish, Muslim, or female.
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The opera ends with Akhnaten’s son, presumably Tutankhamun, restoring polytheism, and then, once the staging jumps millennia into the future, it’s rediscovered by modern-day tourists.
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China, for its part, has turned open weights into doctrine.
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In his decision, Chief District Chief Judge Amos Mazzant ruled that a First Amendment protection for churches, known as the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine, applied to Gateway.
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Far more valuable would be a pivot by the regime’s leadership away from some of the dogmas of its past, and toward reform.
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This was seven years before the dogma was defined by the pope, pointing to the popularity of this devotion even before official recognition.
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