polytheistic

Examples of polytheistic in the following topics:

• Polytheism

  • Some well-known historical polytheistic pantheons include the Sumerian gods and the Egyptian gods, and the classical pantheon which includes the ancient Greek religion and Roman religion.
  • Post-classical polytheistic religions include Norse Æsir and Vanir, the Yoruba Orisha, the Aztec gods, and many others.
  • Polytheist art is as varied as the cultures and regions where it is found.
  • Similarly, polytheist groups often depicted cult images of their pantheons in sculpture or paint, as in relief carvings of the Twelve Greek Olympians .
  • Other polytheistic art examples include small devotional pieces intended for meditation, as demonstrated by these seated Korean Buddhist statues .

• Theism and Monotheism

  • Faith traditions involving more than one deity are called polytheistic.
  • Some forms of Hinduism like Smartism/Advaita Vedanta are considered soft polytheistic traditions.
  • Create a short sketch in which a monotheist, a deist, a polytheist, and Emile Durkheim enter into a debate about their views on god(s)

• Spread of Islam

  • In the years following the Prophet Muhammad's death, the expansion of Islam was carried out by his successor caliphates, who increased the territory of the Islamic state and sought converts from both polytheistic and monotheistic religions.
  • One is animists and polytheists of tribal societies of the Arabian Peninsula and the Fertile crescent; the other is the monotheistic populations of the Middle Eastern agrarian and urbanized societies.
  • For the polytheistic and pagan societies, apart from the religious and spiritual reasons each individual may have had, conversion to Islam "represented the response of a tribal, pastoral population to the need for a larger framework for political and economic integration, a more stable state, and a more imaginative and encompassing moral vision to cope with the problems of a tumultuous society."

• Monotheism

  • Hence, visual representations of monotheism are, in some cases, difficult to distinguish from polytheistic motifs.
  • Hinduism cannot be said to be purely polytheistic, as all Hindu religious leaders have repeatedly stressed that while God's forms are many and the ways to communicate are many, God is one.
  • Further, the ancient roots of monotheistic Judaism lie in the Bronze Age polytheistic Ancient Semitic religions.

• Animism

  • These range from the major (such as the goddess of the sun), which can be considered polytheistic, to the minor, which are more likely to be seen as a form of animism.

• The Nomadic Tribes of Arabia

  • Pre-Islamic religion in Arabia consisted of indigenous polytheistic beliefs, Ancient Arabian Christianity, Nestorian Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism.
  • The polytheistic Bedouin clans placed heavy emphasis on kin-related groups, with each clan clustered under tribes.

• The Cosmos

  • Although this section focuses on the religious cosmology of Buddhism and Judeo-Christianity, countless variations of religious cosmology exist, for both polytheistic and monotheistic traditions, as well as for pantheists.

• Flight from Mecca to Medina

  • Muhammad's preaching was particularly offensive to his own Quraysh tribe because they guarded the Kaaba and drew their political and religious power from its polytheistic shrines.
  • The Quraysh tribe controlled the Kaaba and drew their religious and political power from its polytheistic shrines, so they began to persecute the Muslims and many of Muhammad's followers became martyrs.

• Capitalism, Modernization, and Industrialization

  • Related to rationalization is the process of disenchantment , in which the world is becoming more explained and less mystical, moving from polytheistic religions to monotheistic ones and finally to the Godless science of modernity.

• Sacrifices

  • Images of animal sacrifice are prevalent in religious art from various cultures, including ancient polytheist religions, Christian, Judaic, and Islam.