4.10.2003

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Word for the day:
henotheism • \HEH-nuh-thee-ih-zum ("th" as in "think")\ • noun
: the worship of one god without denying the existence of other gods

Example sentence:
During certain periods of Egyptian history, the pharaohs and their subjects practiced henotheism.

Did you know?
"Henotheism" comes to us from the German word "Henotheismus," which in turn is derived from the Greek "hen-" ("one") plus "theos" ("god"). Someone who engages in henotheism worships one god as supreme over all others. Max Müller, a respected 19th-century scholar, is credited with promoting the word "henotheism" as a counterpart to "polytheism" ("belief in or worship of more than one god") and "monotheism" ("the doctrine or belief that there is but one God"). Müller also offered the related word "kathenotheism" for the worship of several gods successively.

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Am I a henotheist or a kathenotheist? I do believe in a god, but I don't really attempt to identify who he/she is. My god is sometimes in me. Sometimes, he's not. Why, I don't even go to church.

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