Recent Examples on the Web

Lewis famously became a devout Christian after years of atheism following his mother’s death and his own service in World War I. Claire Bugos, Smithsonian Magazine, "Stone Sculptures of ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ Characters to Adorn Medieval Church," 21 Aug. 2020

That exposure to Judaism, along with what Rabbi Steinsaltz described as his innate skepticism toward atheism, led him to Orthodox Judaism. Washington Post, "Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, who brought the Talmud within reach of millions, dies at 83," 12 Aug. 2020

After all, the central insight of his philosophy was that Sade’s and Nietzsche’s atheism were notable less as breaks with Christianity as such than as ruptures within the Western concept of the subject. Ryan Ruby, The New York Review of Books, "Pierre Klossowski, Brilliant Brother of Balthus," 8 Aug. 2020

Once upon a time, Bernie Sanders would have had another political vulnerability besides his socialism — namely, his atheism. Rich Lowry, National Review, "Bernie Sanders Is the Candidate of Nonbelievers," 3 Mar. 2020

University of Kentucky scholar Will Gervais and colleagues have found that people in several countries even tend to associate serial murder with atheism, relative to religious belief. Jordan W. Moon, Quartz, "Intense prejudice exists against atheists in the US," 28 Dec. 2019

Matt, though raised Catholic, had rejected his upbringing after college, eventually settling on atheism. Washington Post, "The holidays as an interfaith family: Trying to have a merry everything and a happy always," 9 Dec. 2019

The government cannot promote atheism over religion, that’s true. Jay Wexler, Vox, "6 things I wish people understood about atheism in America," 14 June 2019

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'atheism.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.