paganism
noun[U]
uk/ˈpeɪ.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/us/ˈpeɪ.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/areligionthatworshipsmanygods,especiallyareligionthatexistedbefore themainworldreligions:
多神教,尤指世上几个主要宗教兴起之前的宗教Naturebeliefswerecommonin everyvarietyofancientpaganism.古代多神论的各种教义通常都包括对自然的崇拜。
(alsoneo-paganism)
amodernreligionthatincludesbeliefsandactivitiesthat are not from any of themainreligionsof theworld, forexampletheworshipofnature:
异教,指一种在信仰和行动上异于主要宗教的现代新教,例如崇拜自然。He wasattractedto paganism -especiallyWicca - because ofitsphilosophy.他被异教所吸引,尤其是威卡教,因为对它的哲学感兴趣。
ShebelievesthatChristianchurchescanlearnfrom paganism'semphasison theEarth.她认为基督教会可以学习现代新教关注地球的主张。
See
pagan
- Thefamilypracticespaganism.
- Paganism isgrowingbecause itstressesconnectionsto theEarth.
- Yulehasitsrootsin bothChristianityand paganism.
- Paganismbroadlyappliesto manypeoplewhopracticean earth-basedbeliefsystem.
Religions & religious groups
- Abrahamic
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- AME
- anti-Catholicism
- anti-Christianity
- established
- evangelicalism
- faith-based
- Free Church
- multi-religious
- neo-paganism
- non-established
- Pentecostalism
- Pentecostalist
- Sufic
- Sufism
- Sunni
- super-church
- Taoism
- the Episcopal Church