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Recent Examples of polytheism
The faith codes included dozens of highly specific Christian denominations, as well as groups such as Ásatrú, which honors Norse gods; Eckankar, which emphasizes soul travel, dreams, and past-life study; and the Troth, a form of Germanic polytheism.
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Sophie Hills,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 Apr. 2026
As Jewish identity crystallized during and after the Babylonian exile, polytheism remained an enduring temptation.
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Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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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Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Nefertiti was the principal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, the ruler who upended Egypt's religious customs away from polytheism and toward Atenism.
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Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Western antiquity Christianity was shaped by its roots in Judaism, but also its rejection of Greco-Roman religious culture, especially its polytheism.
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Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
20 Jan. 2026
Sophie Hills,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 Apr. 2026
As Jewish identity crystallized during and after the Babylonian exile, polytheism remained an enduring temptation.
—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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.
—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Nefertiti was the principal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, the ruler who upended Egypt's religious customs away from polytheism and toward Atenism.
—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Western antiquity Christianity was shaped by its roots in Judaism, but also its rejection of Greco-Roman religious culture, especially its polytheism.
—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polytheism
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There are still remnants of the Gauls in the modern French language, including the words for country and paganism, INRAP president Dominique Garcia pointed out.
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To Europeans, the binary of civility and savagery paralleled that of Christianity and paganism.
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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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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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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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“Polytheism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polytheism. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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