Surely it was the temperate climate and lush natural environment of the Japanese archipelago that fostered the intuitive religion” that is Japanese polytheism. In many ways, the difference ...

told RBL that the top challenge an American Hindu will likely face from outsiders is a misunderstanding of the faith as primitive polytheism. It's partly to aid Hindus in answering such charges ...

In polytheism, by contrast, there is no all-powerful God, so no all-powerful king. There are many gods who are constantly competing, collaborating and negotiating for power. This allows for democracy.

"When you look across human history, the distinction between polytheism and monotheism kind of falls apart," Durdin told Live Science. Across cultures, pantheons, or groups of deities specific to ...

LOS ANGELES (RNS) To celebrate the winter solstice, Dean Cameron made an offering to Poseidon, the ancient Greek god of the sea. In his North Hollywood backyard he placed a roast on the makeshift ...

Polytheism can be a terribly confusing affair to monotheists. The confusion is not just spiritual but material and cultural. Non-practising or secular people brought up in monotheistic cultures ...

Because it was corrupted into polytheism, Allah sent prophets who all taught that there is only one god. Islam took over from Judaism the notion that Abraham in particular was the one who (re ...

"The church is implacably hostile and has attempted to thwart any legal recognition of Hellenic polytheism," he said. This hostility was on display when the Rev. Efstathios Kollas, then-president ...

Circumambulating graves is considered polytheism. This is because circumambulating is an act of worship that Allah, The Almighty, has only made lawful at a certain place. Thus, anyone who intends to ...