polytheism
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A.P.I.’s executives told me they view the Zagros project as aligned with their own mission to bring together at walking speed peoples and cultures from across the wanderings of the founder of three major monotheisms.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022
They don’t buy the great monotheisms, but they seek some sort of otherworldly feeling, which I don’t think is available.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2014
In different ways, all three monotheisms generated the idea of a personal God who sees and hears, rewards and punishes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The power of the two monotheisms seems to have driven the Khazars to seek a god of their own.
From Time Magazine Archive
And it must be remembered that they were attained not as other monotheisms have been, by philosophical speculation, but by purely moral ways.
From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan
Vocabulary lists containing polytheism
Ancient Egypt - Introductory
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Ancient Greece - Introductory
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Power Suffix: -ism
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