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pol·y·the·ism
/ ˈpäli[unvoicedth]ēˌizəm/
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n.
the belief in or worship of more than one god.
DERIVATIVES:
pol·y·the·ist
/ -ˌ[unvoicedth]ēist/ n.
pol·y·the·is·tic
/ ˌpäli[unvoicedth]ēˈistik/ adj.
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Review of David Penchansky, Twilight of the Gods.(Twilight of the Gods: Polytheism in the Hebrew Bible)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Bible and Critical Theory; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Penchansky's Twilight of the Gods: Polytheism in the Hebrew Bible. Louisville, Kentucky...linear evolution of Israelite paganism/polytheism into radical or exclusive monotheism...here is a variegated one ranging from polytheism and henotheism to varieties of inclusive...
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Polytheism--key to world peace?(INSIDER REPORT)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: The New American; 5/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...an advocate of global government, Lehmann likely promotes polytheism not because it is true or beautiful, but because it is useful...God relegates government to a properly subordinate role, polytheism reduces religious faith to mere consumer preferences that...
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The Twilight of the Gods: Polytheism in the Hebrew Bible
Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; The Twilight of the Gods: Polytheism in the Hebrew Bible. By David Penchansky. Louisville: Westminster...value in drawing together the views of those who seek to find polytheism in various forms as part of Israel's historic past. There...
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Letter: Pashtun polytheism
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/18/2002; ; 356 words
; ...for the intercession of those thought to be "friends of God" was a corrupt version of Islam that was little better than polytheism. On these grounds, the Saudi Wahabites destroyed grave sites in Mecca and Media and put the Iraqi Shia shrine-cities of...
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 "Skeptic (Altadena, CA)")
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Intelligent Design and polytheism.(FORUM)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA); 3/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...predecessor watches. The theological implications of these corollaries is that the complexity of the world suggests that polytheism is a more likely explanation of the intelligence behind ID than monotheism and that the Earth and humans are more likely discarded...
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God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 6/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; Kirsch, Jonathan God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism New York: Penguin Compass 336 pp., $15.00, ISBN 0-14-219633-9 Publication Date: March 2004 When God made his famous...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Mormons and 'polytheism' . . . and the baggage it carries
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 12/20/2007; 274 words
; Interesting analysis of LDS doctrine by Scripps Howard News Service writer Terry Mattingly. According to the writer, Mormon beliefs about the infinite and eternal potential of mankind is "the question that will not die when Mormons face the leaders of traditional Christian groups to discuss that
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Is Less Really More?
Newspaper article from: The Jerusalem Report; 5/3/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism - By Jonathan Kirsch - Viking 352 pp...thought, monotheism will always beat out polytheism, hands down. Transferring belief in...History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism," has as its core value a narcissistic...
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Inter belief Narrowing the gap.
News Wire article from: UNB - United News of Bangladesh; 12/28/2007; 700+ words
; ...an instance of monotheism while Hinduism of polytheism. Islam preaches the existence of one God...Hindus think about it. Hinduism is not simply polytheism; it is a combination of polytheism and monotheism. Hinduism is not any unipolar...
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The scourge of monotheism
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 1/7/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism By Jonathan Kirsch Viking Compass...power struggle between monotheism and polytheism, representing the ultimate victory of God over the many gods of polytheism and, in turn, setting the tone...
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Polytheism
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Polytheism The term polytheism , referring to the worship of several gods, was coined in the...obsolete by the Reformation. The first recorded use of the term polytheism was in a treatise against witches published in 1580 by the noted...
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polytheism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
polytheism , belief in a plurality of gods in which...god, was worshiped at Bubastis. Polytheism probably is a development from an earlier...in polydemonism, however, those of polytheism are personified (see anthropomorphism...
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Monotheism
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...God who communicates by revelation), polytheism (belief in multiple or many gods...believe that monotheism can incorporate polytheism when the multiple gods are conceived...anthropologists, however, believe polytheism is more primordial and monotheism the...
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Theism
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...There are various forms of theism. Polytheism is the belief in more than one or many...worship and devotion. A hallmark of polytheism is the practice of representing the...worship. The most populous form of polytheism in the world is a certain form of Hinduism...
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monotheism
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...affirming that belief, as opposed to polytheism, belief in many deities. There does...26: 19). Now and then undisguised polytheism crept in by the monarch's back door...evil (Isa. 45: 7). He can ridicule polytheism without serious comprehension of it...
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