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Recent Examples of theism
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.
—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
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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Raphael envisioned his design as a series of murals depicting the triumph of Christianity over paganism: The Vision of the Cross, The Battle of the Milvian Bridge, The Baptism of Constantine and The Donation of Rome.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2025
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Leland presented European material as the survival of an ancient pagan cult—moreover, a paganism that had been demonized by Christianity.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Apr. 2025
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The videos rob the Bible of its power by reducing it to an action movie, said Brad East, a professor of theology at Abilene Christian University in Texas.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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Brad Braxton is the president and professor of public theology at the Chicago Theological Seminary.—
Brad Braxton,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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For instance, according to Alawite beliefs, Ali, the son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad, is a divine manifestation of God, which challenges the idea of strict monotheism central to Sunni Islam.—
Güneş Murat Tezcür,
The Conversation,
23 July 2025
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Freud, too, proposed that Moses was an Egyptian prince who invented monotheism (or stole it from Akhenaten).—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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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.—
Kathryn Schulz,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2022
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Those intuitions usually commended a staid deism and scorn for those whose beliefs extended any further.—
Jeffrey Collins,
WSJ,
12 Mar. 2021
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In 1809, Friedrich’s budding pantheism landed him in hot water.—
Zachary Fine,
The New Yorker,
28 June 2024
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If anyone is wondering, stoicism and pantheism are my preferred lenses through to view the world.—
Christa Allen,
Allure,
28 May 2021
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The Pope's polytheism places him among the people of Hell.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Religious history Fascinating finds related to religious history tell a story of diverse belief systems from the polytheism of the ancient Greeks and Romans to Buddhism and Christianity.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Dec. 2024
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Fedorov and Svyatogor represent two sides of Cosmism, which Groys writes never had a unified doctrine.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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If that fails, youth could back a Prime Minister from outside Parliament, invoking the doctrine of necessity—though this risks overstepping constitutional limits.—
Sonal Nain,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Because the superior metric, Gross Output (GO), gives lie to the dogma that consumer spending drives the economy.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Bachelor franchise has always stuck by a somewhat silly dogma—that despite the fact that its premise (one star dating 20-plus suitors) is ridiculous and inherently a little raunchy, the show is at its core a pure slice of an Americana fairy tale.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Theism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/theism. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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