theist

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You don’t need to be a theist to see this element of reality-affirmation—even reality-creation—as part of what ritual-creation does.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

There is a certain irony in that nearly all those cited were people of Christian faith — in order of appearance: practicing Catholic; passionate theist; committed Church of Scotland; and lifelong Lutheran.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2023

Traditional theist religions have “turned from a creative into a reactive force,” as historian Yuval Noah Harari put it in his 2016 book, Homo Deus.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2019

Michael Shermer, who writes about atheism and science, initially gave the book a fulsome jacket blurb: “This book should be read by every atheist and theist passionate about the truth.”

From New York Times • May 13, 2016

He said that it was absurd to doubt that a man could be a theist and an evolutionist, as someone had said.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman