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Recent Examples of paganism
Groups like the English Puritans deemed the holiday as satanic due to its relations with paganism and witchcraft.
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Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
31 Oct. 2025
In all of the courses, the pedagogy is an awkward pastiche of traditions, combining Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Slavic paganism, Siberian shamanism, and Asian spiritual practices, spiked with elements of Jungian and American pop psychology.
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Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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.
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Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2025
The songs molded a claustrophobic, atmospheric universe out of blast beats, buzz-saw guitars and strangled shrieking, with misanthropic lyrics that explored bleakness, despair, paganism and coldness (both metaphorical and literal).
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Elisabeth Vincentelli,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
31 Oct. 2025
In all of the courses, the pedagogy is an awkward pastiche of traditions, combining Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Slavic paganism, Siberian shamanism, and Asian spiritual practices, spiked with elements of Jungian and American pop psychology.
—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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
The songs molded a claustrophobic, atmospheric universe out of blast beats, buzz-saw guitars and strangled shrieking, with misanthropic lyrics that explored bleakness, despair, paganism and coldness (both metaphorical and literal).
—
Elisabeth Vincentelli,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paganism
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Although Americans are rarely asked to weigh in on polytheism, surveys consistently show that not believing in God is among the biggest political liabilities—more electorally costly than being gay, Black, Jewish, Muslim, or female.
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The opera ends with Akhnaten’s son, presumably Tutankhamun, restoring polytheism, and then, once the staging jumps millennia into the future, it’s rediscovered by modern-day tourists.
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Along with theology, that list now includes applied psychology, pharmaceutical sciences and others.
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Snyder earned bachelor’s degrees in English and education, along with a minor in theology, from Valparaiso University in 2003.
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Stasevska was born in 1984, the same year that Glass’ hypnotic, ritualistic opera, about an Egyptian pharaoh who dared to push monotheism onto his polytheistic culture, debuted in Stuttgart, Germany.
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In 1809, Friedrich’s budding pantheism landed him in hot water.
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If anyone is wondering, stoicism and pantheism are my preferred lenses through to view the world.
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But the revered text affirmed a generic theism – belief in a creator god – without mentioning Jesus or Christianity.
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And that’s just for starters on theism of some Founding Fathers.
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Organizations often invest in sophisticated detection and mitigation systems but fail to develop the doctrine, confidence and authority structures required to use them effectively.
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The clock seemed to rewind 1,400 years as tenets established at the religion’s dawn—Sharia law—were formalized into the doctrine of Velayat-e Faqih, the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist.
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What once attracted criticism as dogma now looks like sensible foresight.
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Far more valuable would be a pivot by the regime’s leadership away from some of the dogmas of its past, and toward reform.
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“Paganism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paganism. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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