heathenism

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Noun
  • Raphael envisioned his design as a series of murals depicting the triumph of Christianity over paganism: The Vision of the Cross, The Battle of the Milvian Bridge, The Baptism of Constantine and The Donation of Rome.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
  • Leland presented European material as the survival of an ancient pagan cult—moreover, a paganism that had been demonized by Christianity.
    Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Pope's polytheism places him among the people of Hell.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Religious history Fascinating finds related to religious history tell a story of diverse belief systems from the polytheism of the ancient Greeks and Romans to Buddhism and Christianity.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The videos rob the Bible of its power by reducing it to an action movie, said Brad East, a professor of theology at Abilene Christian University in Texas.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Brad Braxton is the president and professor of public theology at the Chicago Theological Seminary.
    Brad Braxton, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For instance, according to Alawite beliefs, Ali, the son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad, is a divine manifestation of God, which challenges the idea of strict monotheism central to Sunni Islam.
    Güneş Murat Tezcür, The Conversation, 23 July 2025
  • Freud, too, proposed that Moses was an Egyptian prince who invented monotheism (or stole it from Akhenaten).
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In 1809, Friedrich’s budding pantheism landed him in hot water.
    Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
  • If anyone is wondering, stoicism and pantheism are my preferred lenses through to view the world.
    Christa Allen, Allure, 28 May 2021
Noun
  • Fedorov and Svyatogor represent two sides of Cosmism, which Groys writes never had a unified doctrine.
    Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
  • If that fails, youth could back a Prime Minister from outside Parliament, invoking the doctrine of necessity—though this risks overstepping constitutional limits.
    Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Heathenism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heathenism. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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