nature worship

Baker, detectives learned, had been a sweet-tempered practitioner of Wicca, a form of nature worship that shunned violence.

In the late 19th century, many tribespeople in Jharkhand, Odisha and other states renounced nature worship — some voluntarily and others coaxed by money, food and free education — and converted to Christianity.

Conservative Catholics have attacked the synod’s working document as heretical, including what they say is an implicit recognition of forms of paganism and pantheism practised by indigenous people, such as nature worship.

According to Jehovah’s Witnesses, for example, various authorities “have linked the cross with nature worship and pagan sex rites.”

In conservative Twin Falls, many who follow paganism, a religion whose modern movement includes a variety of practices including nature worship, aren’t open about their beliefs.