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Religion in America: Historical and Contemporary Resources: Atheism, Agnosticism, and Humanism

Created for use in comparative religion and American History programs and courses

Definitions -- Oxford English Dictionary

 

Atheism (noun)

Disbelief in, or denial of, the existence of a God. Also, Disregard of duty to God, godlessness (practical atheism).

Agnosticism (noun):

The doctrine or tenets of agnostics with regard to the existence of anything beyond and behind material phenomena or to knowledge of a First Cause or God; relating to the belief that the existence of anything beyond and behind material phenomena is unknown and (as far as can be judged) unknowable.

Humanism (noun):

A variety of ethical theory and practice characterized by a stress on human rationality and capacity for free thought and moral action, and a rejection of theistic religion and the supernatural in favor of secular and naturalistic views of humanity and the universe.

 

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Atheism -- Michael Shermer

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