theothanatology
English
Etymology
From theo- + thanato- + -ology.
Noun
theothanatology (usually uncountable, plural theothanatologies)
- (philosophy, theology) A range of philosophical and theological explorations of the idea that God may be dead.
- 1993, Marianthe Colakis, The classics in the American theater of the 1960s and early 1970s:
- It is no wonder that so many have felt humanity should overthrow such a God and be happier without him. Much of the theothanatology of the 1960s expressed optimism that civilization - particularly American civilization - was ready to do so at last.
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Derived terms
- theothanatological
- theothanatologically