Adevism

Adevism

Adevism (from the Sanskrit term "deva", on the analogy of atheism) is a term introduced by Friedrich Max Müller to imply the denial of gods: in particular, the legendary gods of Hinduism. Müller used it in the Gifford Lectures in connection with the Vedanta philosophy, for the correlative of ignorance or nescience. In modern contexts it is rarely found, though it is sometimes used to represent a disbelief in "any" gods, contrasted with a specific disbelief in the Judaeo-Christian God.

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* [http://www.giffordlectures.org/Browse.asp?PubID=TPNATR&Volume=0&Issue=0&ArticleID=11 Gifford lectures, 1892, c. ix.]
*1911


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