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Polytheism is the belief in or worship of more than one god. [1] [2] [3] According to Oxford Reference, it is not easy to count gods, and so not always obvious whether an apparently polytheistic religion, such as Chinese Folk Religions, is really so, or whether the apparent different objects of worship are to be thought of as manifestations of a singular divinity. [1]
The word monotheismwas coined from the Greekμόνος(monos)[13]meaning "single" and θεός(theos)[14]meaning "god".[15] The term was coined by Henry More(1614–1687). [16] Monotheism is a complex and nuanced concept. The biblical authors had various ways of understanding God and the divine, shaped by their historical and cultural contexts.
Hellenism (Greek: Ἑλληνισμός) [ a ] in a religious context refers to the modern pluralistic religion practiced in Greece and around the world by several communities derived from the beliefs, mythology, and rituals from antiquity through and up to today. It is a system of thought and spirituality with a shared culture and values, and ...
The Abrahamic God in this sense is the conception of God that remains a common attribute of all three traditions. God is conceived of as eternal, omnipotent, omniscient and as the creator of the universe. God is further held to have the properties of holiness, justice, omnibenevolence and omnipresence.
Yahwism, as it is called by modern scholars, was the religion of ancient Israel and Judah. [1] An ancient Semitic religion of the Iron Age, Yahwism was essentially polytheistic and had a pantheon, with various gods and goddesses being worshipped by the Israelites. [2] At the head of this pantheon was Yahweh, held in an especially high regard as ...
The Shema Yisrael, one of the most important Jewish prayers, encapsulates the monotheistic nature of Judaism: [2] "Hear, O Israel: The L ORD is our God; the L ORD is one." [ 3 ] "Judaism emphatically rejects any concept of plurality with respect to God", [ 4 ] explicitly rejecting polytheism , dualism , and trinitarianism , which are ...
Modern pagan movements are frequently described on a spectrum ranging from reconstructive, which seeks to revive historical pagan religions; to eclectic movements, which blend elements from various religions and philosophies with historical paganism. Polytheism, animism, and pantheism are common features across pagan theology.
Theories of religion can be classified into: [ 6 ] Substantive (or essentialist) theories that focus on the contents of religions and the meaning the contents have for people. This approach asserts that people have faith because beliefs make sense insofar as they hold value and are comprehensible. The theories by Tylor and Frazer (focusing on ...