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Polytheism is the
belief in or
worship of more than one god.
According to
Oxford Reference, it is not easy to
count gods, and so not
always obvious whether...
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polytheistic practices is
between so-called soft
polytheism and hard
polytheism. "Soft"
polytheism is the
belief that
different gods may be psychological...
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indigenous Arabian polytheism, Buddhism,
ancient Semitic religions, Christianity, Judaism, Mandaeism, and Zoroastrianism.
Arabian polytheism, the dominant...
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Paganism (and
modern paganism)
Animism Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Historical ethnic religions (existing and extinct)
Modern pagan movements...
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Paganism (and
modern paganism)
Animism Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Historical ethnic religions (existing and extinct)
Modern pagan movements...
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Greece as well as the
western empire. The
initial decline of Greco-Roman
polytheism was due in part to its
syncretic nature, ****imilating
beliefs and practices...
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Christians considered Roman religion to be paganism. Ultimately,
Roman polytheism was
brought to an end with the
adoption of
Christianity as the official...
- polytheists.
Another more
general name for this
religion is ****enic
polytheism or paganism. This term is used most
often outside of Greece. Some academics...
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century by
early Christians for
people in the
Roman Empire who
practiced polytheism, or
ethnic religions other than Judaism. In the time of the
Roman Empire...
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divinities with
particular functions. The last
stages of
Mesopotamian polytheism,
which developed in the 2nd and 1st
millennia BC,
introduced greater emphasis...
