theist

Believes in divinity

A theist is someone who believes in the existence of a god or gods, particularly a personal god who created and intervenes in the universe.

The term contrasts with atheist (no belief in gods) and deist (belief in a creator who doesn't intervene).

She describes herself as a theist but doesn't follow any organized religion.

believer

agnostic

Flexible across platforms

adherent · convert · apologist · theologian · philosopher · creationist · fundamentalist · evangelical · mystic · seeker

worship

prayer

Address to deity

sacrament · liturgy · pilgrimage · meditation · chanting · incense · altar · temple · church · mosque

deity

goddess

Female sacred being

godhead · immortal · eternal · sovereign · lord · savior · heavenly · celestial

doctrine

monotheism

Belief in one god

providence · omniscience · omnipotence · transcendence · immanence · revelation · theodicy · cosmological · teleological · apologetics

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Opposites
belief in God/gods

theistatheist

One denying gods exist

nontheist · nonbeliever · disbeliever · godless · unbeliever

certainty about divine existence

theistdoubter

One who disbelieves

agnostic · skeptic · questioner

metaphysical worldview

theistantitheist

One opposing belief in deities

materialist · naturalist · secular humanist · rationalist · empiricist

Family

atheist, atheism, theism, theistic, pantheist, theists, polytheist, monotheist, antitheist

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