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== Types of atheism ==

== Types of atheism ==

''See also: [[Strong atheism]], [[Weak atheism]].

''See also: [[Strong atheism]], [[Weak atheism]].''

 

Atheism is often divided into a number of different types.  Jacques Maritain, a theist, distinguished several types in an article he wrote in 1949.  He defined "positive atheism" as "the active struggle against everything that reminds us of God," negative atheism as "the merely negative or destructive process of casting aside the idea of God, which is replaced only with a void."  <ref>Jacques Maritain, ''On the Meaning of Contemporary Atheism'', The Review of Politics, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 267-280, July, 1949.</ref>

Atheism is often divided into a number of different types.  Jacques Maritain, a theist, distinguished several types in an article he wrote in 1949.  He defined "positive atheism" as "the active struggle against everything that reminds us of God," negative atheism as "the merely negative or destructive process of casting aside the idea of God, which is replaced only with a void."  <ref>Jacques Maritain, ''On the Meaning of Contemporary Atheism'', The Review of Politics, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 267-280, July, 1949.</ref>