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'''Agnosticism''' is the position that the existence, nature, or knowledge of gods is unknown or unknowable.
'''Agnosticism''' is a concept or ideal used in the comparative study of religion, theology, and philosophy of religion. On Wikitheism, it is treated as part of '''knowledge, reason, and evidence''': questions about faith, reason, revelation, interpretation, religious experience, and religious truth-claims.


== Related pages ==
== Overview ==


* [[Religion]]
This page is a neutral starter article. It is meant to help editors compare how different traditions understand, practice, criticize, or reinterpret the idea of '''Agnosticism'''. The meaning of the term may vary across traditions, languages, historical periods, and schools of interpretation.
* [[Theism]]
 
== In philosophy of religion ==
 
In philosophy of religion, concepts such as '''Agnosticism''' can be studied through questions about meaning, truth, practice, value, experience, community, and ultimate reality. Some traditions treat such concepts as doctrines, while others treat them as symbols, disciplines, ethical ideals, ritual patterns, or interpretive categories.
 
== Associated traditions and worldviews ==
 
The following traditions and worldviews are good starting points for connecting this concept to Wikitheism articles:
 
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* [[Christianity]]
* [[Islam]]
* [[Judaism]]
* [[Hinduism]]
* [[Buddhism]]
* [[Baha'i Faith]]
* [[New Religious Movements]]
* [[Unaffiliated and Secular Worldviews]]
* [[Unitarian Universalism]]
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== Related concepts ==
 
* [[Faith]]
* [[Reason]]
* [[Revelation]]
* [[Religious experience]]
* [[Hermeneutics]]
* [[Scripture]]
* [[Tradition]]
* [[Authority]]
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Philosophy of religion]]
* [[Religious concepts and ideals]]
* [[Religious concepts and ideals]]
* [[List of religions and worldviews]]
* [[Concepts and ideals by tradition]]


[[Category:Secular and unaffiliated worldviews]]
[[Category:Religious concepts and ideals]]
[[Category:Philosophy of religion]]
[[Category:Knowledge, reason, and evidence]]



Latest revision as of 20:59, 22 May 2026

Agnosticism
Type Concept / ideal
Field Philosophy of religion
Category

Agnosticism is a concept or ideal used in the comparative study of religion, theology, and philosophy of religion. On Wikitheism, it is treated as part of knowledge, reason, and evidence: questions about faith, reason, revelation, interpretation, religious experience, and religious truth-claims.

Overview

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This page is a neutral starter article. It is meant to help editors compare how different traditions understand, practice, criticize, or reinterpret the idea of Agnosticism. The meaning of the term may vary across traditions, languages, historical periods, and schools of interpretation.

In philosophy of religion

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In philosophy of religion, concepts such as Agnosticism can be studied through questions about meaning, truth, practice, value, experience, community, and ultimate reality. Some traditions treat such concepts as doctrines, while others treat them as symbols, disciplines, ethical ideals, ritual patterns, or interpretive categories.

Associated traditions and worldviews

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The following traditions and worldviews are good starting points for connecting this concept to Wikitheism articles:

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See also

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