Tocqueville uses the word “atheism” rather rarely and prefers to speak of “incrédulité” – which could be translated as “unbelief” – or of “irreligiosité” – “unreligiosity”. It turns out that he sees in the unbelief or the lack of belief, a danger to freedom in a democratic age. Tocqueville is therefore not so much concerned with the truth or falsity of atheism, but rather with its immediate political consequences. However, where others already question the possibility of a society of atheists, Tocqueville only points to the problem of the possibility of a free society of atheists.