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He’s among the community leaders trying to divulge knowledge of these animist traditions so they won’t be lost for his children’s generation.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2023

But the elder Bongo, who was previously an animist and not baptised in the Christian faith, also evoked spiritual reasons for his conversion.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2023

The figure-grazing outfit, in some ways, embodies the syncretic form of Islam that developed in Indonesia, in which an Arabian faith brought by traders blended with animist, Hindu, Buddhist and other influences.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

During the 19th century, the newly imperialistic government promoted Shinto, the country’s Indigenous animist tradition, over Buddhism.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2023

In the animist world, objects and living things are not the only animated beings.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari