heathenism
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Origin of heathenism
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Before getting to the more modern, polite versions, is it fair to say that the concept of heathenism has basically been used as justification for empire or subjugation?
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2022
How does the concept of heathenism play into Christian nationalism?
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2022
In some ways, Gin Lum notes, the idea of heathenism is a large part of the origin story of the American concept of race.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2022
Mr. Strand, especially takes Arthur’s endless fibbing to the nth degree, and his pudgy figure adds an extra dimension of tragicomedy to Arthur’s downward spiral into hedonistic heathenism.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2015
In another work he makes the representatives of heathenism in the age of Constantine act like Homeric heroes, and those of Christianity speak “like theologians of the age of Bossuet.”
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
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