paganism
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The conference "Imagining Nordic Paganism: Cultural Memories and Scholarly Thought Since the Middle Ages" focuses on the long history of how Scandinavian paganism has been interpreted.
From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025
A typical Easter feast includes lamb, which symbolizes Jesus' self-sacrifice as the "Lamb of God" in Christianity and the spring equinox in Paganism; and ham, which symbolizes luck.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2023
Tonks, who previously worked as a tour guide in Edinburgh, says she has worked in councils, the police and the ambulance service but her Paganism is not usually an issue.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2021
Annmarie Agosta, who grew up in an Italian-American family in Brooklyn and became a Sufi in 2009 after exploring Paganism, Wicca and Buddhism, seemed to agree with this statement.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2016
When Paganism was supplanted by Christianity, the change was effected by preachers, who taught the populace to believe the new doctrine, and who influenced the minds of the lawmakers.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas
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Power Suffix: -ism
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