paganization

Turning from monotheism

Paganization is the process of making something pagan—introducing pagan beliefs, practices, or character to a person, culture, or institution.

The term often appears in religious or historical contexts: Critics accused the church of paganization through its adoption of local festivals.

The reverse process is Christianization or similar terms for other faiths.

religious

conversion

Act of changing states

apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
deconversionAbandoning religious belief
heathenismNon-monotheistic religious practice

polytheism · idolatry · syncretism · reversion · backsliding · heresy · proselytization · Christianization · desecration · sacrilege

cultural

secularization

Religion losing social significance

liberalizationReducing state economic controls
modernizationAdoption of current methods
commercializationProfit-driven market introduction

Halloween · solstice · equinox · Saturnalia · naturalism · hedonism · materialism · worldliness · pluralism · relativism

historical

Romanization

Imposing imperial culture

antiquityGreat age, ancient era
pre-ChristianBefore the faith began
GermanicOf Teutonic language stock

Celtic · Norse · Slavic · recidivism · Julian · Constantine · missionaries · barbarian · tribal · indigenous

Opposites

religious conversion direction

paganizationChristianization

Converting societies to Christianity

evangelization · conversion to Christianity · Islamization · religious conversion · proselytization

secularization versus sacralization

paganizationsecularization

Religion losing social significance

disenchantment · rationalization · modernization

Family

pagan, peasant, paganism, paganize, paganized, paganisation, paganish

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