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polytheism  

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  • Polytheism (from the Greek polutheos, “many gods”) denotes a theological system involving a belief in, and worship of, multiple divinities. The term was first popularized in the writings of 18th century European ethnographers as they sought to identify and label the religious beliefs of “primitive” peoples they studied and contrast them to JudeōChristian monotheism, or the belief in a solitary divinity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Polytheism]

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