Paganism vs Animism - What's the difference?
paganism | animism |
Indigenous and polytheistic religions.
A class of religions often associated with nature rituals.
A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe.
(dated) A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.
As nouns the difference between paganism and animism
is that paganism is indigenous and polytheistic religions while animism is a belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.paganism
English
(wikipedia paganism)Noun
- Most people in that region practise their own form of paganism .
- While paganism is a broad term, most forms pay close attention to the lunar and solar cycles.