henotheism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈhɛnoʊˌθiɪz(ə)m/ (General-American)
- /ˈhɛnəʊˌθiːɪz(ə)m/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From German Henotheismus, coined in the 19th century by German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775–1854) from Ancient Greek ἕν (hén, stem of εἷς (heîs, “one”)) + German Theismus (“theism”, ultimately from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”))).
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(countable, uncountable) Belief in or worship of one deity without denying the existence of other deities.
[T]he form of worship presented to us in these most ancient documents [the Hindu Rigveda] of the Aryan people is what Professor Maxmüller [i.e., Max Müller] calls Henotheism, viz., the deity invoked for the time being is regarded as supreme, is extolled above the rest and is made the recipient of the worshipper's highest praises and most fervent supplications.
1898, Shamsul Ulama, Syed Ali Bilgrami, “Introduction”, in A Short Guide to the Cave Temples of Elura. With an Introduction, Madras: Reprinted by H. Plumbe, at the Lawrence Asylum Press, →OCLC, page 3:There is one kind of oneness which does not exclude the idea of plurality; there is another which does. […] If, therefore, an expression had been given to that primitive intuition of the Deity, which is the mainspring of all later religion, it would have been—'There is a God,' but not yet 'There is but "One God."' The latter form of faith, the belief in One God, is properly called monotheism, whereas the term of henotheism would best express the faith in a single god.
1867, [Friedrich] Max Müller, “Semitic Monotheism”, in Chips from a German Workshop, volume I (Essays on the Science of Religion), London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, pages 353–354:This new, enriched and reoriented Christian Platonic theology would then have the moral and intellectual resources to absorb the partial visions of Judaism and Islam and pagan henotheisms, preserving the best things in them and discarding the false and inferior things.
2017, James Hankins, “Marsilio Ficino and Christan Humanism”, in Jens Zimmermann, editor, Re-envisioning Christian Humanism: Education and the Restoration of Humanity, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 72:In both ethnography/anthropology and ancient history scholars have sometimes sought to 'rescue' polytheism by arguing for an element of monolatry or henotheism, in which the power of one god in the pantheon is proclaimed as supreme. But the manoeuvre is conditioned by a Judaeo-Christian evaluation of monotheism. The terms 'polytheism' and 'monotheism' are best abandoned to the theologians.
1999, Simon Price, “Gods, Myths and Festivals”, in Religions of the Ancient Greeks, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 11:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| henotheisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (34)
uk енотеїзм (belief or worship) · ka ჰენოთეიზმი (belief or worship) · ro henoteism (belief or worship) · el ενοθεϊσμός (belief or worship) · ja 単一神教 (belief or worship) · sv henoteism (belief or worship) · ru генотеи́зм (belief or worship) · bg примотеизъм (belief or worship) · es henoteísmo (belief or worship) · la henotheismus (belief or worship) · no henoteisme (belief or worship) · ar هينوثية (belief or worship) · uk генотеїзм (belief or worship) · th อติเทวนิยม (belief or worship) · de Henotheismus (belief or worship) · hu henoteizmus (belief or worship) · nl henotheïsme (belief or worship) · ca henoteisme (belief or worship) · it enoteismo (belief or worship) · sk henoteizmus (belief or worship) · eo henoteismo (belief or worship) · id henoteisme (belief or worship) · ko 단일신교 (belief or worship) · sh henoteizam (belief or worship) · pl henoteizm (belief or worship) · fi henoteismi (belief or worship) · sq henoteizmi (belief or worship) · gl henoteísmo (belief or worship) · tr henoteizm (belief or worship) · he הנותאיזם (belief or worship) · fr hénothéisme (belief or worship) · hsb henoteizm (belief or worship) · pt henoteísmo (belief or worship) · cmn 單一主神論 /单一主神论 (belief or worship)