词条 | List of converts to Christianity from nontheism |
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This is a list of notable converts to Christianity who were not theists before their conversion. See Nontheism for specifics of what encompasses nontheism. All names should be sourced and the source should indicate they had not been a theist, not merely non-churchgoing, before conversion. See also List of former atheists and agnostics Converted to Anglicanism or Episcopalianism
Converted to Catholicism
Converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Converted to Protestantism
Converts to the Quaker faith
Unspecified or other
References1. ^San Francisco Chronicle: At 8, she read H. G. Wells' "The Outline of History" and pronounced herself an atheist {{Lists of converts}}2. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/mar/03/tamsin-greig-interview Interview with Tamsin Greig in The Guardian] 3. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2009/aug/28/religion-christianity-alpha-gumbel-transcript Interview at the Guardian] 4. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=JwawQAAACAAJ&dq=%22peter+hitchens%22+atheist&cd=3 Near Christianity]: "Hitchens describes his tumultuous journey from atheist to Christian and the moral reasoning that caused his conversion," book description 5. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=kc9SZQybGV0C&pg=RA1-PA319&dq=%22peter+hitchens%22+trotsky&as_brr=3&cd=2#v=onepage&q=%22peter%20hitchens%22%20trotsky&f=false I couldn't paint golden angels by Albert Meltzer, pg 319] 6. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=vHcjE02ilI0C&pg=PA46&dq=%22C.+E.+M.+Joad%22+christian&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hfisT5b9IobvggeTxdHoDA&ved=0CGcQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22C.%20E.%20M.%20Joad%22%20christian&f=false The Return of Christian Humanism by Lee Oser, pg 46] 7. ^Humanist Heritage 8. ^"Lewis lapsed into atheism in his teens but experienced a reconversion to Christianity in 1931." Lewis, C.S.. (2007). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 28 June 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online 9. ^biography on official website {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205222612/http://users.ox.ac.uk/~mcgrath/biography.html |date=5 December 2006 }} 10. ^The Guardian's obituary of Powell 11. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/nov/28/academicexperts.highereducationprofile The Guardian] 12. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20070830015340/http://chsd.uow.edu.au/Publications/2003_pubs/Ian%20CCP%20Workshop.pdf Article from the University of Wollongong] 13. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/religion/Story/0,,1865034,00.html The Guardian] Quote: Even though she was raised an atheist, in the past three or four years she has been going to church. In her eighth decade, she has even submitted to being baptised. 14. ^Grand Forks Herald 15. ^[https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-66279102 Free Inquiry] 16. ^Voices Online Edition "Elizabeth voraciously read books concerning religious faith. ... She finally announced, at 15, that she wanted to become a Catholic." 17. ^Obituary in the Chicago Tribune 18. ^Profile in "The Core: The College Magazine of the University of Chicago": "I was gradually convinced by my own reflections that Aquinas had provided a better case for theism than Marx or Darwin had provided against it," 19. ^Crisis Magazine 20. ^"My Failed Atheism" in "First Things" 21. ^"Atheism to Catholicism: a faith journey" – Dr. Mark Bauerlein at Eastern Mennonite University 22. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZX4P4oDGbYC&pg=PA85&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false Medieval Roles for Modern Times by Helen Solterer, pg 85] 23. ^Tim Stanley's blog at The Telegraph 24. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=DaJI8Qmn-LUC&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=%22paul+bourget%22+agnostic&source=bl&ots=Pc0Eue076w&sig=yjWNICPTnO8n66d06j0TcZQHhro&hl=en&ei=_KvSS9LhOIHc8QT76Iy2Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CBcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22paul%20bourget%22%20agnostic&f=false Career stories: Belle Epoque novels of professional development by Juliette M. Rogers, pg 55] 25. ^Alexis Carrel, The Voyage to Lourdes (New York, Harper & Row, 1939). 26. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/19/cardinal-avery-dulles Obituary at the Guardian] 27. ^Newsweek obituary 28. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&targetRule=10&xml=/news/2005/03/10/db1001.xml Telegraph] "She reacted strongly against her parents' beliefs and became a Catholic at 19, because she 'no longer found it possible to disbelieve in God.'" (pg 2) 29. ^American Enterprise Institute 30. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=9rIiSwAACAAJ&dq= Page for "The Last Superstition"] 31. ^[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituariesandre-frossard-1571427.html Obituary at the Independent] 32. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=m6YaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22andre+frossard%22+atheism&dq=%22andre+frossard%22+atheism&hl=en&sa=X&ei=f-eAT_OPPOOe2gXJ0IjpBg&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAw I have met Him: God exists by André Frossard "We were what could be called perfect atheists, the kind that no longer ever question their atheism." (not in link itself)] 33. ^"The making of gay marriage’s top foe" by Mark Oppenheimer; Salon: "I was an atheist from the youngest age. When I was 16, I became a Randian. Becoming a Catholic began as an intellectual thing." 34. ^Interview in the National Review: FMG:You've mentioned that you now believe in God. How recent is that? Eugene Genovese: It's in the last two years. You know, in The Southern Front I still spoke as an atheist; one reviewer said that I protest too much. When the book came off the press and I had to reread it, I started wrestling with the problem philosophically, and I lost. 35. ^St. Petersburg Times 36. ^MSNBC 37. ^Australian Humanists of the Year 38. ^{{cite news|url=http://catholicleader.com.au/uncategorized/former-atheist-and-political-leader-bill-hayden-baptised-at-age-85-at-st-marys-church-ipswich|title=Former atheist and political leader Bill Hayden baptised at age 85 at St Mary's Church, Ipswich|publisher=The Catholic Leader|date=18 September 2018|access-date=18 September 2018}} See also Kristian Silva, 'Bill Hayden, former Labor leader, turns to God despite atheist past', ABC News, 19 September 2018. 39. ^UC Berkeley article 40. ^[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/april-30-2010/mary-karr/6188/ PBS] 41. ^Time Magazine from 19 July 1963 "Lepp has the credentials to explain the mind of the atheist: he was one himself for 27 years." 42. ^Unequally Yoked (blog at Patheos.com) 43. ^Popular Atheist Blogger, Leah Libresco, Converts to Christianity by James Bishop, 6 January 2017 44. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=wO4HRt1361UC&pg=PA199&dq=%22arnold+lunn%22+agnostic&as_brr=3&cd=7#v=onepage&q=%22arnold%20lunn%22%20agnostic&f=false Catholic Converts: British and American Intellectuals Turn to Rome by Patrick Allitt, pg 199-201] 45. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=QpxYqdhvIdIC&pg=PA269&lpg=PA269&dq=%22Gabriel+Marcel%22+agnostic&source=bl&ots=FnWumLzS75&sig=FoPPlmrjnol3Wp17WsFjROU0qa0&hl=en&ei=pIPFSciUMtWEtwee7L3HCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result Phenomenological approaches to moral philosophy By John J. Drummond, Lester E. Embree; pg 269] 46. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=85KuR05BDacC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=%22claude+mckay%22+atheism&source=bl&ots=AW4Ep6Schd&sig=6-jFSOiPj8dO2n1PIvj51y4ZrAc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result A Fierce Hatred of Injustice By Winston James, Claude McKay]: "Prior to his conversion to Catholicism in 1944, his atheism was one of the most powerful and enduring threads of continuity in his outlook on life." 47. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=FfAeCHw5Q1AC&pg=PA423&dq=%22claude+mckay%22+catholic&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-eyAT9GFEeXo2AWovsX1Bg&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22claude%20mckay%22%20catholic&f=false Claude McKay: rebel sojourner in the Harlem Renaissance : a biography, pgs 357-359] 48. ^"From Rome to the World: The Global Offensive of the Catholic Media" 20 August 2004 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050422211142/http://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=7066&eng=y |date=22 April 2005 }} 49. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=SBlAAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Atheists+who+converted+to+Christianity%22&dq=%22Atheists+who+converted+to+Christianity%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=t7DrT4mgFqOM2gWX4Ji_AQ&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAA Who's who in hell by Warren Allen Smith, pg 57] 50. ^First Things {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410011230/http://www.firstthings.com/article/2008/10/003-seasoned-fare-26 |date=10 April 2013 }} 51. ^Haven, Cynthia L., "'A Sacred Vision': An Interview with Czesław Miłosz", in Haven, Cynthia L. (ed.), Czesław Miłosz: Conversations. University Press of Mississippi, 2006, p. 145. 52. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=oaEfbtzqEUwC&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=%22malcolm+muggeridge%22+agnostic&source=bl&ots=axYZuL1t8W&sig=IHhcQxp7kemEud71dZo1LiQkYPg&hl=en&ei=Q46XSoy6BpK4Na7AsZ8F&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2#v=onepage&q=%22malcolm%20muggeridge%22%20agnostic&f=false Malcolm Muggeridge: A Life by Ian Hunter] 53. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20121102133239/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4026818.html Chicago Sun-Times obituary] 54. ^Nathanson, Bernand Aborting America (1981 Pinnacle Books) 55. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mqAyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VeoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3873,3382393&dq= The Miami News - 9 April 1965]: "His conversion to Catholicism ended 50 years of questioning doubt as an agnostic." 56. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I4MEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hDEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2775,4896459&dq= Rome News-Tribune - 29 May 1952] 57. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=_q9BAwI-11YC&pg=PA423&lpg=PA423&dq=%22giovanni+papini%22+atheism&source=bl&ots=4PGVOZSTbN&sig=RzZetz8y7FekgBjzoYdlqANswyE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qeqAT5H3IaqW2AXLw-3-Bg&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22giovanni%20papini%22%20atheism&f=false Cassell dictionary of Italian literature, pg 423: "Although a confirmed atheist in his youth, Papini experienced a religious conversion in later life..."] 58. ^Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612041216/http://ethicscenter.nd.edu/events/ccs/F08/F08.shtml |date=12 June 2010 }} 59. ^The American Spectator {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509134533/http://spectator.org/archives/2007/12/12/christmas-books-2007-part-ii |date=9 May 2013 }} 60. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=5QeF34Z3ae0C&pg=PA85&dq=%22charles+peguy%22+agnostic&as_brr=3&cd=2#v=onepage&q&f=false Political ecumenism: Catholics, Jews and Protestants in de Gaulle's Free ... by Geoffrey Adams, pg 85] 61. ^Australian Broadcasting Corporation 62. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=E6nRtvJVV_sC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=%22fritz+schumacher%22+atheism&source=bl&ots=FcA6i2Pwvy&sig=sLaIMrB4pHX7xKtIQtLGA9GkT3o&hl=en&ei=jfOsTJCWNcGblgeBg8XxBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q&f=false Sustaining the earth by John Young, pgs 96-112] 63. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=luYywMlofcgC&pg=PA38&dq=%22fritz+schumacher%22+atheism&hl=en&ei=DvOsTNHNG4G8lQfWlOGPCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false New Scientist 26 July 1984. pg 38] 64. ^Decibel Magazine {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317045802/http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/apr2007/typeonegative.aspx |date=17 March 2007 }} 65. ^University of Chicago "made a spiritual journey from atheism to agnosticism before eventually converting to Catholicism" 66. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=WUucYTW6ug0C&pg=PA390&dq=%22John+Lawson+Stoddard%22+agnostic&as_brr=3&cd=2#v=onepage&q=%22John%20Lawson%20Stoddard%22%20agnostic&f=false Race: the history of an idea in America by Thomas F. Gossett, pg 390] 67. ^The American Conservative 68. ^"...he was an atheist arguing for religious values, a man writing an essay on religion 'in a spirit of irreligion.'... He would not convert to Catholicism for two decades, but his need for religious authority was acute even in 1930." Allen Tate: Orphan of the South, p. 167, biographer Thomas A. Underwood, Princeton University Press, 2000, {{ISBN|0-691-06950-6}} 69. ^{{cite book|author=Bjørn Thomassen|title=Liminality and the Modern: Living Through the In-Between|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PDYfDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA78|date=6 May 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-10504-6|pages=78–80}} 70. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=2wf4xydc5I4C&pg=PA125&dq=&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Kh6JUMStH4ng2QXz6oCICw&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false Norwegian Women's Writing 1850-1990 by Janet Garton, Page 125] 71. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=qQvvH9xvbsIC&pg=PA55&dq=evelyn+waugh+conversion&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=15#v=onepage&q=&f=false Six Modern British Novelists by George Stade, pgs 53-55] 72. ^Interview with John C. Wright at "Mostly Fiction": "For many years I had been an atheist, and a vehement, argumentative, proselytizing atheist at that. I saw no other possible option for belief for a logical thinker. My recent conversion to Christianity was a miracle, prompted by a supernatural revelation, which has satisfied my skepticism in this area, and saved my life." 73. ^[https://www.amazon.com/dp/0867169575 Amazon page for "Atheist to Catholic"] 74. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/mar/04/2 The Guardian] 75. ^Atlantic Times 76. ^Nihilism by Eugene Rose from Columbia University {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302192424/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/nihilism.html |date=2 March 2013 }} 77. ^Pomona College {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414220847/http://www.pomona.edu/Magazine/PCMSP01/saint.shtml |date=14 April 2012 }} 78. ^The Australian 79. ^Seattle Times "In 1975, he threw off his atheism and became a Christian." 80. ^{{citation|title=Does God Exist? The Nightline Faceoff|journal=ABC News|author=Bashir, Martin|date=7 May 2007|accessdate=4 April 2009|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Story?id=3148940}} 81. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.billoreilly.com/show?action=viewTVShow&showID=758#7 |title=Back of Book Segment |date=12 April 2006 |work=The O'Reilly Factor Flash |accessdate=8 December 2008}} 82. ^{{cite book|title=The Way of the Master|last=Cameron|first=Kirk |author2=Ray Comfort |year=2004 |publisher=Tyndale House Publishers, Inc|isbn=1-4143-0061-1|page=Foreword |url=https://books.google.com/?id=ZTc6vclQWV0C&printsec=frontcover#PPR7}} 83. ^"He converted from atheism to Christianity in his twenties after seeing how radically his patients' faith transformed their experience of suffering, and after reading several works by C. S. Lewis." [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/voices/collins.html The Question of God: Interview with Francis Collins], WGBH Educational Foundation, 2004 (Accessed 14 June 2007) 84. ^[Bo Giertz, The Hammer of God,revised edition, XIII, Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, 2005. 85. ^{{Cite web|title = Testimony of the Evangelists by Simon Greenleaf|url = http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/jesus/greenleaf.html|website = law2.umkc.edu|accessdate = 2015-11-29}} 86. ^{{Cite web|url = http://meeknessandtruth.org/component/content/article/32-roktabs/144-jesus-god|title = Jesus God|date = |accessdate = 28 November 2015|website = Meekness and Truth|publisher = |last = M. Maisel|first = John}} 87. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=0ogeIPAHVTQC&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=%22keir+hardie%22+atheism&source=bl&ots=fWzOTZ4B2E&sig=mMEir-uuRuX8Pkq2hB-s0qsnhNc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3eGAT7LaM4XS2gXpo9T1Bg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22keir%20hardie%22%20atheism&f=false Men who made Labour: the PLP of 1906, pg 75] 88. ^Spartacus Schoolnet {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520061407/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRhardie.htm |date=20 May 2012 }} "Although raised as an atheist, Hardie was converted to Christianity in 1897." 89. ^Stockport Express 17 May 2006 90. ^Cotswold Journal 14 October 2010 91. ^"The Killer and the Pastor" article from Time.com 92. ^{{cite web|last=Beryhill |first=Mary |title=Akiane Kramarik: Dream Child |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/tc/2004/004/7.24.html |publisher=Christianity Today |accessdate=23 February 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124075844/http://www.christianitytoday.com/tc/2004/004/7.24.html |archivedate=24 January 2007 }} 93. ^{{cite web|last=Centi|first=Lori Rose|title=Interview: Akiane speaks of heaven and paintings|url=http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/loris-centiments/2012/feb/23/akiane-speaks-heaven-and-paintings-twtc-interview/|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=23 February 2013}} 94. ^ "I knew it was Jesus immediately from the moment I started shaking. It was like he just came up and introduced himself to me. I remember him saying, “You don’t have to have this if you don’t want it.” And I said, “No, I want it.”" 95. ^The Post and Courier 96. ^USA Today 97. ^ 98. ^statement of William J. Murray 99. ^Marxism and Me by Marvin Olasky: My communism was based on atheism, and when I could no longer be an atheist, I resigned from the party. 100. ^Creators Syndicate Profile 101. ^University of Bielefeld 102. ^Chronicle of Higher Education article obituary (Copied by Gametheory.net) has the following "Because George was a fire-spitting atheist and Julia a devout Christian, their relationship was contentious from the beginning. After eight years, the marriage ended in acrimony." "On June 7 [1970] I gave in and admitted that God existed", he explained to friends. 103. ^American Humanist's "Top Ten Sexiest Female Celebrity Atheists" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306212441/http://americanhumanist.org/HNN/details/2012-02-top-ten-sexiest-female-celebrity-atheists |date=6 March 2015 }} 104. ^Article by Mira Sorvino in "Guideposts", via Huffington Post, where she mentions her Christian faith 105. ^{{cite journal | url = http://www.biblestudymagazine.com | title = Investigative Bible Study: Lee Strobel on Engaging a Pluralistic World | last = Barry | first = JD | journal = Bible Study Magazine | year = 2009 | pages = 10–14 }} 106. ^Lee Strobel Books and Ministry {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806180503/http://www.christnotes.org/_lee-strobel.asp |date=6 August 2011 }}. Christnotes.org. Retrieved on 2011-11-14. 107. ^Interview for Christianity Today: I was so outspoken about not believing in God. I had real problems with Christians.] 108. ^Heritage Foundation 109. ^TruTV: "He had been an atheist and had been kicked out of Columbia University for writing a play considered blasphemous." 110. ^Antiqbook 111. ^TheTrueSeven. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOWr9PX1R-4 Peter Baltes of Accept Heavy metal band from Germany]. 23 September 2011. Retrieved on 13 October 2014. 112. ^http://www.cbn.com/700club/features/amazing/Peter_Baltes082609.aspx 113. ^[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118434936941966055?mod=home_we_banner_left Wall Street Journal] 114. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/aug/14/religion.anglicanism The Guardian] "I grew up, and stopped being an atheist, in my 20s, in the 1980s." 115. ^Christianity Today 116. ^Slate blogs 117. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JYZhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TbUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4821,6803994&dq |title=Dahmer found religion, played pranks in prison |work=The Beaver County Times |agency=Associated Press |date=28 November 1994 |accessdate=2013-12-05}} 118. ^"I was brought up as an agnostic... and when I first became a Christian in the Seventies I didn't really know what it was I'd adopted." Faith in Practice: Holding on to the Mystery of Love, by Bruce Cockburn as told to Cole Morton, Third Way, September 1994, page 15. (Accessed 13 June 2007) 119. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/apr/27/weekender-karl-dallas-writer Becky Barnicoat, Weekender: Karl Dallas, writer, 82, The Guardian, 27 April 2013]. Retrieved 2 July 2013 120. ^Ohio Atheists {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820044430/http://www.ohioatheists.org/2003_08_17_archive.html |date=20 August 2008 }} 121. ^Statement disavowing Atheism 122. ^{{Cite web| title = God's Lonely Programmer| last = Hicks |first = Jesse| work = VICE Motherboard| date = {{date|2014-11-25|mdy}}| accessdate = 2015-04-21| url = http://motherboard.vice.com/read/gods-lonely-programmer}} 123. ^Norge IDAG - Monsen med bok om sin tro 124. ^Interview at Inspire Magazine 125. ^https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8150004/Allan-Sandage.html 126. ^CESNUR interview 127. ^New Statesman 3 : Converts to Christianity from atheism or agnosticism|Lists of religious converts|Converts from atheism or agnosticism |
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