Atheistic Neopentecostalism

A zealous, performative form of atheism that structurally mirrors the evangelical movements it claims to oppose. It’s defined less by disbelief and more by militant proselytizing, a sense of besieged righteousness, and rituals of public debunking. It forms a core part of the believer’s identity, complete with in-group heroes (Dawkins, Hitchens) and a mandate to aggressively “save” others from religion.

Atheistic Neopentecostalism Example: A person who goes to online prayer groups not to discuss, but to post screeds about “sky daddy” and “fairy tales,” deriving a sense of moral superiority and communal purpose from these raids. Their identity is built on oppositional evangelism, making them the mirror image of the missionaries they despise.

by Abzugal February 8, 2026

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Antitheistic Neopentecostalism

Goes beyond atheism into a dogmatic mission to actively eradicate religious belief from society, viewing it as a malicious virus. Adherents see faith not just as incorrect, but as an intrinsic evil that must be purged through aggressive activism, legislation, and social shaming. It’s a crusade against crusades.

Antitheistic Neopentecostalism Example: A lobbyist who campaigns not for secular government (separation of church and state), but for laws that would ban the wearing of visible religious symbols in all public spaces and strip religious organizations of all tax status, aiming to culturally and legally stamp out religious practice entirely.

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Academic Neopentecostalism

The transformation of academia into a dogmatic belief system where specific theories (e.g., critical theories, neoliberal economics) become unquestionable doctrines. Adherence is a litmus test for legitimacy, dissenters are excommunicated (denied publication, tenure), and complex scholarship is reduced to catechisms and purity tests.

Academic Neopentecostalism Example: In certain humanities departments, deviating from a specific, prescribed theoretical framework in your analysis is not seen as a scholarly disagreement, but as an ethical failure. Job candidates are grilled on their doctrinal commitment to the theory, not their original thought, creating an environment of enforced orthodoxy.

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Techno-Neoliberalism

The fusion of neoliberal economic doctrine—privatization, deregulation, market fundamentalism—with technological infrastructure. Techno-neoliberalism treats everything as a platform to be optimized: public services become apps, citizens become users, democracy becomes algorithmic preference aggregation. It champions “disruption” as an end in itself, ignoring that disruption mostly transfers wealth upward. Techno-neoliberalism’s signature move is to frame privatization as innovation: replacing public libraries with Amazon, public transit with Uber, public healthcare with wearables. It uses technology to dismantle the public sphere while claiming to modernize it.

Techno-Neoliberalism Example: "The city sold its public transit data to a ride‑share company, calling it a 'smart city innovation'—techno‑neoliberalism, privatizing public infrastructure under the guise of tech progress."

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Digital Neoliberalism

The extension of neoliberal principles into digital space: treating data as property, users as markets, public goods as products, and regulation as interference. Digital neoliberalism champions platform privatization of public functions, frames access as a market transaction, and treats the elimination of consumer protection as “innovation.” It is responsible for the transformation of libraries into content subscription services, public discourse into engagement metrics, and social services into algorithmic triage. Digital neoliberalism insists there is no alternative because “the market has already decided.”

Digital Neoliberalism Example: "The public school replaced its library with tablets loaded with corporate‑sponsored learning apps—digital neoliberalism, privatizing education while calling it modernization."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 26, 2026

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