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# Mere Fidelity: Modern Atheism, with Joseph Minich - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/mere-fidelity-modern-atheism-joseph-minich/
- Published: 2018-07-11T09:00:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-18T16:17:27.000Z
- Description: Joseph Minich, the author of Enduring Divine Absence: The Challenge of Modern Atheism, joins Derek and Alastair to talk about what’s distinct regarding contemporary atheism and how Christians should respond to it. If you’re interested in supporting the show financially, […]
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson, Featured

Joseph Minich, the author of [Enduring Divine Absence: The Challenge of Modern Atheism](https://davenantinstitute.org/divine-absence/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), joins Derek and Alastair to talk about what’s distinct regarding contemporary atheism and how Christians should respond to it.

If you’re interested in supporting the show financially, you can check out our Patreon [here](https://www.patreon.com/merefidelity?ty=h&ref=mereorthodoxy.com).

Finally, as always, follow [Derek](https://twitter.com/dzrishmawy?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), [Andrew](https://twitter.com/ajwtheology?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), and [Alastair](https://twitter.com/zugzwanged?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) for more tweet-sized brilliance. Thanks to [Timothy Motte](https://twitter.com/biotrom?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) for his sound editing work. [And thanks to The Joy Eternal for lending us their music, which everybody should download out of gratitude for their kindness.](http://www.noisetrade.com/thejoyeternal/a-sweet-and-bitter-providence-single?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)