theism
noun
the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
nontheistic
-
a word derived from
theism.
Example Sentences
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One is Muslim, and the other woman describes herself as having nontheistic spiritual beliefs.
From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2023
Last December, Ms. Miller tweeted a picture of a cloven-hoofed sculpture that the Satanic Temple, a self-described nontheistic religious group, had installed near a Christmas tree and Nativity scene inside the Illinois State Capitol.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
The new documentary Hail Satan? focuses on the Satanic Temple, a nontheistic group from Massachusetts.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2019
Capitol, was a gathering of members of the Secular Coalition for America whose mission is “to amplify the diverse and growing voice of the nontheistic community in the United States.”
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2015
As his doctrine of salvation was nontheistic, so his church was nontheistic, but not therefore nonreligious.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
