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work_grbdr4sg25b7xl6er63nicrivu	Nickolas Garth Conrad	An Argument for Unbelief: A Discussion about Terminology	2018	8	.pdf	application/pdf	6475	479	55	I propose the term "unbelief" particularly in opposition to how the Oxford Handbook of Atheism (2013) and The rupture with traditional religion and the loss of belief in God as a widespread religious position be restated: unbelief is the position of not holding orthodox beliefs or traditional opinions—on religious matters—and the rejection of authority and norms concerning Following this logic, "unbelief" is a referent that is moving away from a practice or a belief in a culture that can Substantively, unbelief points to important historical practices/beliefs that are being modified, rejected, or denigrated. "Unbelief" uses a substantive definition of religion to distinguish "religion" as a social and cultural phenomenon from the secular and irreligious that exists on a The problems of "religion" aside, the term "unbelief" is not without critics. Figure 1: Venn Diagram of Unbelief: Religious belief and atheism should be seen as existing on a spectrum that includes 	./cache/work_grbdr4sg25b7xl6er63nicrivu.pdf	./txt/work_grbdr4sg25b7xl6er63nicrivu.txt