neo-pagan

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Noun
  • Meanwhile, 78% of those 65 and older identify as Christian. State of prayer: More Houston residents identify as non-Christian or religiously unaffiliated now than in 2014. 67% of Houston residents identify as Christian, down from 73% in 2014.
    Shafaq Patel, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Provide floating holidays or additional PTO to accommodate non-Christian religious observances.
    Aparna Rae, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Church officials decided to recognize Dec. 25 as his birthday, probably to coincide with the date of pagan festivals in an attempt to get pagans to accept Christianity as the official religion.
    Atlanta Life, ajc, 10 Nov. 2017
  • While plague stalks the land, paranoid peasants swap cautionary folk tales about evil spirits, pagans, Jews and other outsiders.
    Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2017
Noun
  • The lawsuit, filed in October 2024, includes 32 plaintiffs from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds—including Baptists, Catholics, Presbyterians, atheists, agnostics, and Indigenous community members.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Who is Jonathan Rauch, a gay Jewish atheist, to write a book about how conservative American Christians are failing themselves and democracy?
    Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • One of Indonesia’s most high-profile blasphemy cases was that of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic Chinese Indonesian politician widely known as Ahok who served as Jakarta’s first non-Muslim governor in 50 years.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The following tips will help non-Muslim travelers make the most out of their trip during Ramadan while also ensuring adequate respect for locals who are fasting.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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