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42 - Latin America

from Part VII - Lived Atheism in the Twentieth- and Twenty-First Centuries: Case-Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2021

Michael Ruse
By
Germain McKenzie
Edited by
Stephen Bullivant
Michael Ruse
Affiliation:
Florida State University
Stephen Bullivant
Affiliation:
St Mary's University, Twickenham, London
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Summary

Atheists in Latin America have been and are a small minority. Regardless, they have exerted an important influence in the region; specifically, within the realms of academia, politics, and the arts. In this chapter we study them also in connection with the religiously unaffiliated (“nones”), which include different groupings. First, atheists, who affirm there is no God. Second, agnostics, who think it is not possible to answer the question of God‘s existence and refrain from giving one. Third, “functional agnostics,” who think that if there is a God it has nothing to do with their lives here and now and belief has no consequence of importance in practical terms, which makes them indifferent to religion. Fourth, religiously unaffiliated persons who, while not belonging to a religious organization/tradition, do have religious/spiritual interests, which for some are strongly felt.

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The Cambridge History of Atheism , pp. 763 - 785
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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