Definitions
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- noun Same as
henotheism .
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- noun Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
Etymologies
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Coined 19th century by Max Müller, on model of Ancient Greek καθ' ἕνα θεόν (kath' hena theon), following theism, extending his prior coinage henotheism.
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From early animism in its manifold expressions, through polytheism, kathenotheism, henotheism, to monotheism, and so out into loftier possibilities of conceiving the divine nature and purpose -- the main road which man has traveled in his religious development now is traceable.
Christianity and Progress Harry Emerson Fosdick
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