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Nature worship and Paganism

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Difference between Nature worship and Paganism

Nature worship vs. Paganism

Nature worship is any of a variety of religious, spiritual and devotional practices that focus on the worship of the nature spirits considered to be behind the natural phenomena visible throughout nature. Paganism is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for populations of the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, either because they were increasingly rural and provincial relative to the Christian population or because they were not milites Christi (soldiers of Christ).

Similarities between Nature worship and Paganism

Nature worship and Paganism have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): Animism, Earth religion, Modern Paganism, Naturalistic pantheism, Nature, Pantheism, Polytheism, Totem.

Animism

Animism (from Latin anima, "breath, spirit, life") is the religious belief that objects, places and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.

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Earth religion

Earth religion is a term used mostly in the context of neopaganism.

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Modern Paganism

Modern Paganism, also known as Contemporary Paganism and Neopaganism, is a collective term for new religious movements influenced by or claiming to be derived from the various historical pagan beliefs of pre-modern Europe, North Africa and the Near East.

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Naturalistic pantheism

Naturalistic pantheism is a kind of pantheism.

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Nature

Nature, in the broadest sense, is the natural, physical, or material world or universe.

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Pantheism

Pantheism is the belief that reality is identical with divinity, or that all-things compose an all-encompassing, immanent god.

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Polytheism

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.

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Totem

A totem (Ojibwe doodem) is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe.

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Nature worship and Paganism Comparison

Nature worship has 44 relations, while Paganism has 202. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 3.25% = 8 / (44 + 202).

References

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