Eastern religion in the context of "Henotheistic"

⭐ In the context of Henotheism, how does the worship of deities within Eastern religions, specifically Hinduism, differ from traditional Western theological perspectives?

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⭐ Core Definition: Eastern religion

The Eastern religions are the religions which originated in East, South and Southeast Asia and thus have dissimilarities with Western and African religions. Eastern religions include:

The East-West religious distinction (just like the East-West culture distinction, and the implications that arise from it) is broad and not precise. Furthermore, geographical distinctions have less meaning in the current context of global transculturation.

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👉 Eastern religion in the context of Henotheistic

Henotheism is the worship of a single, supreme god that does not deny the existence or possible existence of other deities that may be worshipped. Friedrich Schelling (1775–1854) coined the word, and Friedrich Welcker (1784–1868) used it to depict primitive monotheism among ancient Greeks.

Max Müller (1823–1900), a British philologist and orientalist, brought the term into wider usage in his scholarship on the Indian religions, particularly Hinduism, whose scriptures mention and praise numerous deities as if they are one ultimate unitary divine essence. Müller made the term central to his criticism of Western theological and religious exceptionalism (relative to Eastern religions), focusing on a cultural dogma which held "monotheism" to be both fundamentally well-defined and inherently superior to differing concepts of God.

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Eastern religion in the context of Hippie movement

The hippie subculture (also known as the flower people) began its development as a teenager and youth movement in the United States from the mid-1960s to early 1970s and then developed around the world.

Its origins may be traced to European social movements in the 19th and early 20th century such as Bohemians, with influence from Eastern religion and spirituality. It is directly influenced and inspired by the Beat Generation, and American involvement in the Vietnam War. From around 1967, its fundamental ethos — including harmony with nature, communal living, artistic experimentation particularly in music, sexual experimentation, and the widespread use of recreational drugs — spread around the world during the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s, which has become closely associated with the subculture.

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← Henotheistic ← Henotheism ← Hippie movement ← History of the hippie movement
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Religion → East Asia → South Asia → Southeast Asia → Western religions → Traditional African religions → East Asian religions → Confucianism → Taoism → Tengrism → Korean shamanism → Chinese folk religion → Shinto → Indian religions → Hinduism → Buddhism → Sikhism → Jainism → Kejawèn → Vietnamese folk religion → East–West dichotomy → Transculturation →