By Charles Burris
October 20, 2026
While "parousiatic atheism" is not a standard, mainstream term in academic philosophy or theology, its meaning can be clearly deduced by combining its two root concepts: Parousia (the theological concept of the ultimate divine presence or the Second Coming of Christ) and atheism (the absence of belief in a deity).
When synthesized, the term generally describes an ideological or philosophical stance that addresses eschatological fulfillment, ultimate history, or divine arrival from a completely secular or non-theistic framework.