| Common word usage
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| | similar charges of paganism levelled,
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| Both "Pagan" and "heathen" have
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| | especially by Protestants towards the
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| historically been used as a pejorative by
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| | Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches for
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| adherents of monotheistic religions (such
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| | their veneration of the saints and
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| as Judaism, Christianity and Islam) to
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| | images.
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| indicate a disbeliever in their religion.
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| | Heathenry
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| "Paganism" is also sometimes used to mean
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| | "Heathen" (Old English hæðen) is a
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| the lack of (an accepted monotheistic)
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| | translation of paganus. The term is used
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| religion, and therefore sometimes means
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| | for Germanic paganism, or Germanic
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| essentially the same as atheism.
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| | Neopaganism, in particular. The Germanic
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| "Paganism" frequently refers to the
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| | tribes were distributed over Eastern and
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| religions of classical antiquity, most
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| | Central Europe by the 5th century, and
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| notably Greek mythology or Roman
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| | their dialects ceased to be mutually
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| religion, and can be used neutrally or
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| | intelligible from around that time.
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| admiringly by those who refer to those
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| | Christianization of the Germanic peoples
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| complexes of belief. However, until the
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| | took place from the 4th (Goths) to the
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| rise of Romanticism and the general
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| | 6th (Anglo-Saxons, Alamanni) or 8th
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| acceptance of freedom of religion in
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| | (Saxons) centuries on the continent, and
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| Western civilization, "Paganism" was
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| | from the 9th to 12th centuries in Iceland
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| almost always used disparagingly of
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| | and Scandinavia.
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| heterodox beliefs falling outside the
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| | Pagan classifications
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| established political framework of the
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| | Pagan subdivisions coined by Isaac
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| Christian Church. "Pagan" came to be
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| | Bonewits
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| equated with a Christianized sense of
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| | Paleo-Paganism: A retronym coined to
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| "epicurean" to signify a person who is
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| | contrast with "neopaganism", denoting a
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| sensual, materialistic, self-indulgent,
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| | pagan culture that has not been disrupted
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| unconcerned with the future and
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| | by other cultures. The term applies to
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| uninterested in sophisticated religion.
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| | Hinduism, Shinto, pre-Migration period
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| The word was usually used in this worldly
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| | Germanic paganism as described by
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| and stereotypical sense, particularly
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| | Tacitus, Celtic Polytheism as described
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| among those who were drawing attention to
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| | by Julius Caesar, and the Greek and Roman
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| what they perceived as being the
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| | religion.
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| limitations of Paganism, for example, as
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| | Meso-Paganism: A group, which is, or has
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| when G. K. Chesterton wrote: "The pagan
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| | been, significantly influenced by
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| set out, with admirable sense, to enjoy
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| | monotheistic, dualistic, or nontheistic
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| himself. By the end of his civilization
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| | worldviews, but has been able to maintain
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| he had discovered that a man cannot enjoy
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| | an independence of religious practices.
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| himself and continue to enjoy anything
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| | This group includes Native Americans and
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| else." In sharp contrast Swinburne the
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| | Australian Aborigine Bushmen, Viking Age
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| poet would comment on this same theme:
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| | Norse paganism. Influences include:
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| "Thou hast conquered, O pale Galilean;
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| | Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy,
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| the world has grown grey from thy breath;
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| | Spiritualism, as well as Sikhism, and the
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| We have drunken of things Lethean, and
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| | many Afro-Diasporic faiths like Haitian
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| fed on the fullness of death."
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| | Vodou, and Santería.
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| Christianity itself has been perceived at
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| | Neo-Paganism: An attempt by modern people
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| times as a form of paganism by followers
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| | to reconnect with nature, pre-Christian
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| of the other Abrahamic religionsbecause
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| | religions, or other nature-based
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| of, for example, the Christian doctrine
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| | spiritual paths. This definition may
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| of the Trinity, the celebration of pagan
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| | include anything on a sliding scale from
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| feast days, and other practices –
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| | reconstructionist to New Age and
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| through a process described as
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| | non-reconstructionist groups such as
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| "baptising" or "christianization". Even
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| | Neo-Druidism and Wicca.
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| between Christians there have been
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