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Noun
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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 -
All across Central Europe, a fascination with runes and folk magic aligns with both right-wing xenophobia and left-wing paganism.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2025
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The Pope's polytheism places him among the people of Hell.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Both discoveries date to the period when the Roman Empire was transitioning from polytheism to Christianity.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Wojtyla studied theology in Rome and served as the archbishop of Krakow.—
Gabriele Regalbuto,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Gussie works as a journalist at Vatican News and completed her undergraduate degree in theology at Mount St. Mary’s University.—
Sean Keane,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2025
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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
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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
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In 1809, Friedrich’s budding pantheism landed him in hot water.—
Zachary Fine,
The New Yorker,
28 June 2024
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Spinoza was infamous for his sometimes inscrutable variety of pantheism, in which God no longer sits outside Nature, paring his fingernails (James Joyce’s joke), but effectively is Nature, inextricable from it.—
James Wood,
The New Yorker,
4 Sep. 2023
Noun
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Although the origins of the doctrine remain in some dispute, most scholars cite its first mention in ancient Roman law.—
Alexandra Klass,
The Conversation,
2 May 2025
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His isolationist tariff doctrine has already hit other major U.S. trade partners with sweeping duties on automobiles, steel and general imports.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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“Heathenism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heathenism. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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