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Agnosticism Without Ontology? The Search for New Conceptual Tools to Describe the Semi-Secular Condition in Sweden
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Humanities, Religious studies.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3543-2925
2025 (English)In: Philosophies, E-ISSN 2409-9287, Vol. 10, no 1, article id 26Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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This article discusses the future role of agnosticism and its possible meaning in a post-secular, Western cultural sphere, with a special focus on the situation in Sweden. A characteristic of this context, which gives agnosticism a different role than before, is a diminishing interest in traditional ontological questions such as the existence of God. This assumption is illustrated by a comparative analysis of four examples of how atheism and secular views of life are shaped today, all of which in one way or another cross the line between religious and secular but also give philosophical questions about what exists or not a diminished role. It is argued in this article that a revised concept of agnosticism, detached from ontological thinking, together with such concepts as semi-secularity, post-atheism and post-secularity, can offer conceptual instruments for a better understanding of the main tendencies in our time.

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MDPI , 2025. Vol. 10, no 1, article id 26
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agnosticism, post-atheism, post-secular, semi-secular, Sweden
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-46586DOI: 10.3390/philosophies10010026ISI: 001431983200001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85218869134OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-46586DiVA, id: diva2:1942657
Available from: 2025-03-06 Created: 2025-03-06 Last updated: 2025-10-02Bibliographically approved

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