Polytheism (from Greek πολυθεϊσμός, polytheismos) is the worship of or belief in multiple deities, which are usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religions and rituals. In most religions which accept polytheism, the different gods and goddesses are representations of forces of nature or ancestral principles, and can be viewed either as autonomous or as aspects or emanations of a creator deity or transcendental absolute principle (monistic theologies), which manifests immanently in nature (panentheistic and pantheistic theologies).[1] Most of the polytheistic deities of ancient religions, with the notable exceptions of the Ancient Egyptian[2] and Hindu deities, were conceived as having physical bodies.
Polytheism is a type of theism. Within theism, it contrasts with monotheism, the belief in a singular God, in most cases transcendent. Polytheists do not always worship all the gods equally, but they can be henotheists, specializing in the worship of one particular deity. Other polytheists can be kathenotheists, worshiping different deities at different times.
Polytheism was the typical form of religion during the Bronze Age and Iron Age up to the Axial Age and the development of Abrahamic religions, the latter of which enforced strict monotheism. It is well documented in historical religions of Classical antiquity, especially ancient Greek religion and ancient Roman religion, and after the decline of Greco-Roman polytheism in tribal religions such as Germanic paganism or Slavic paganism.
Important polytheistic religions practiced today include Chinese traditional religion, Hinduism, Japanese Shinto, Santeria, and various neopagan faiths.
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The answer is D. Purtians. Purtians were one of the first religious groups in the New American Colonies. By the 1670s however, the stern religious rules of the original puritians had less influence over New England. Other religious groups had broken off from the Puritians by this time and this was one of the reason they were less influencial.
Answer:
C
Explanati Because most black people were treated differently and discriminated against.
He would send those who were opposing him to Gulags.
Explanation:
- The BBC writes that 14 million people went through the gulag of "labor camps" from 1929 to 1953.
- An additional 6 to 7 million were deported and exiled to distant parts of the USSR, and another 4-5 million went through " labor colonies, ”which meant serving shorter time sentences.
- The total population in the camps varied from 510,307 (1934) to 1,727,970 (1952).
- According to a 1993 study of Soviet archives, a total of 1,053,829 people died in the gullies from 1934 to 1953.
- These estimates exclude those who died shortly after their release, and whose deaths were the result of cruel treatment in the camps; such cases were common. Studies that take these cases into account for the same time period report a figure of 1,258,537, with an estimated 1.6 million from 1929 to 1953.
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