Faith in faith.

Also known as "belief in belief".

Practiced by the "spiritual", and hypocritical atheists.

Basically, they've rejected mainline religion for themselves, yet feel the need to defend it.

Sort of a by-proxy sense of "the sacred", on behalf of an imaginary other.

In its nastier incarnations, will play the "it's bigotry!", defense, or nastiest of all, the contempt-for-mankind riddled "they need to be herded!", argument as displayed by types like Vox Day and Leo Strauss.

(Also see "faith")