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Adjective
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Diana’s husband, James, is an unchurched priest who preaches love and practices intolerance.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
13 Dec. 2024 -
Churches provided a place and a space for grieving, contemplation and reflection on the part of the great unchurched majority of the nation and for adherents of minority faiths.—
Town & Country,
Town & Country,
5 May 2023
Adjective
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Here, Lispector offers a counter to the godless existentialism of Sartre, which reduces one to a purposeless, directionless, and isolated state.—
Terry Nguyen
July 23,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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Highlights of the book with the proudly, grammatically incorrect title include rants against nature, those godless Hollywood liberals, and how everything is trying to turn red-blooded Americans gay.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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Stewart’s switch from his usual snark to imitate Colbert’s buffoonery proved how spiteful and irreligious political humor has become since the left’s worship of Barack Obama and subsequent persecution of President Trump.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 July 2025
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Silverstein had a much different experience growing up, given the fact that his parents were both Baalei teshuva (irreligious Jews who become more observant later in life).—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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This attempt to turn back the clock included the purging of Christian texts from schools, the conversion of Christian churches into pagan temples, and religious persecution as it had been practiced in centuries past.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2025
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Over time, my conquistadors retired, and my pagan temples got demolished to make way for grocery stores.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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So, what is the difference between people who are nonreligious vs. those who are secular?—
David Campbell,
The Conversation,
1 Apr. 2025
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Several nonreligious practices create opportunities to explore spirituality beyond religious affiliation.—
Morgan Shipley,
The Conversation,
31 Oct. 2022
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“Churchless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churchless. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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