polytheistic

How To Use polytheistic In A Sentence

• On the surface it may appear to be polytheistic with many gods and objects worshipped in various forms.
• It is interesting that in animist, totemistic and polytheistic belief systems there are deities and powers associated with the branches of the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The Two Trees
• I suppose I am formally polytheistic, philosophically pantheistic, and intellectually agnostic (or maybe I would call myself a autotheist in the sense of believing that the gods are part of the self), yet I spend an hour every day studying subjects related to my religion (history, anthropology, etc). The Volokh Conspiracy » Considering a Candidate’s Religion:
• That excludes polytheistic Americans like Hindus, nontheistic Buddhists and the 16 percent of us with no religious affiliation. Roy Speckhardt: Choosing Faith Over Freedom
• Their polytheistic view influenced every aspect of their daily lives.
• It may be polytheistically or it may be monotheistically conceived of. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
• I'd probably frame it more in terms of a clash of belief systems: monotheistic Christianity straitjacketing polytheistic animism into more polarised gender roles, and introducing the concept of sin.
• A CIVILIZATION B SCIENCE/TECH C GOVERNMENT D RELIGION E SOCIOECONOMICS A Akkad B metallurgy walled cities irrigation C strong centraL authority controlled several city-states and kept peace (for a while) quelled dissent with violence D polytheistic tradition centered on city gods, fertility goddess and harvest deities hepatoscopy (examining sheep livers for omens) When The Comet Flew Through Ancient Evenings
• Many Hindus would disagree with you of course that their religion is polytheistic. Matthew Yglesias » The Gaza Tunnels
• The emperor had begun to think polytheistic cult a veneration of evil spirits and therefore perhaps a danger to his realm.