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Recent Examples of monotheism
Christianity became the dominant religion of the western world during the fourth century under the reign of the Roman emperor Constantine, who embraced monotheism, or the belief in one God.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
Because many people worshipped some variation of a sun god, Aurelian seemed to think Sol Invictus would be the god most likely to pull off monotheism.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
These include roads, cars, fences, ranchers, cities, computers, cell phones, the rich but also the ignorant poor (most of all, white-trash Trump voters), Nazis, NPR’s Kai Ryssdal, technocrats, Apple, the internet, and monotheism.
—Christopher Ketcham, Harper's Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
These include roads, cars, fences, ranchers, cities, computers, cell phones, the rich but also the ignorant poor (most of all, white-trash Trump voters), Nazis, NPR’s Kai Ryssdal, technocrats, Apple, the internet, and monotheism.
—Christopher Ketcham, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
Because many people worshipped some variation of a sun god, Aurelian seemed to think Sol Invictus would be the god most likely to pull off monotheism.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
These include roads, cars, fences, ranchers, cities, computers, cell phones, the rich but also the ignorant poor (most of all, white-trash Trump voters), Nazis, NPR’s Kai Ryssdal, technocrats, Apple, the internet, and monotheism.
—Christopher Ketcham, Harper's Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
These include roads, cars, fences, ranchers, cities, computers, cell phones, the rich but also the ignorant poor (most of all, white-trash Trump voters), Nazis, NPR’s Kai Ryssdal, technocrats, Apple, the internet, and monotheism.
—Christopher Ketcham, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monotheism
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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
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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
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In a broader political sense, CREC theology includes the belief that the establishment clause of the Constitution does not require a separation of church and state.—
Samuel Perry,
The Conversation,
20 June 2025
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Tuesday night should have been another chapter in his legendary theology.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
14 May 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
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While most of the Empire was being immersed in a religion which was a synthesis of Roman institutions, Greek philosophy and Hebrew theism, a subset of the population of philosophical inclination was being drawn into a religious system descended from Hellenistic paganism.—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
10 Aug. 2012
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Another frequent topic of disbelief among Edge responders was theism and its anti-science offshoots---in particular the belief in intelligent design, and the belief that the Earth is only a few thousand years old.—
Jennifer Welsh,
Discover Magazine,
23 Nov. 2010
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The judge concluded that Meta’s use was protected under the doctrine of fair use.—
Aron Solomon
June 27,
Literary Hub,
27 June 2025
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The doctrine was upended for a time in the U.S. by the Supreme Court's notorious Dred Scott ruling.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
27 June 2025
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This vague gesture in the direction of deism has no antecedent in the book, no moral or theological trajectory to make Bambi’s insight meaningful or satisfying.—
Kathryn Schulz,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2022
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Those intuitions usually commended a staid deism and scorn for those whose beliefs extended any further.—
Jeffrey Collins,
WSJ,
12 Mar. 2021
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Art no longer belongs to its creators once it’s released — the death of the author and all that — and watching TV isn’t praxis; a series having a certain credo or dogma doesn’t automatically mean that its viewers will, too.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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By the 1980s, Goldwater’s limited government creed had become part of Republican dogma.—
Drew Kurlowski,
The Conversation,
25 June 2025
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“Monotheism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monotheism. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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