Paganism has been around so long people don't know how it began or where it came from.
Paganism is a belief system by the Celts. Celtic is a 'nationality' for lack of better terms and valued the belief system of Paganism. In today's society for example: Swedes (people who come from Sweden) value the belief system of Christianity.
The suffix of Paganism is -ism
just like that paganism
Shinto is Paganism in Japan.
Paganism is more then one type of religion and paganism is found in every country.
Im inclined to think that "barbaric" paganism is in reference to the Germanic forms of paganism in North West Europe and Scandanavia
It's known as Norse paganism.
pre-religion / paganism pre-religion / paganism
Modern Paganism in World Cultures was created in 2005.
Modern Paganism in World Cultures has 382 pages.
The opposite of Paganism is true Christianity. Since Paganism is the worship or appreciation of nature, Christianity worships the Creator not the creation. Paganism has it's roots in the Mother Child cult, Baal, Molech, and the other deities of the ancient world. Paganism has multiple deities as opposed to the One God of the Judeo/Christian belief. See also Mithraism, cult of Artemis Cybele, Dionysus's, Iraneus, etc.
F. Cumont has written: 'The Oriental religions in Roman paganism' 'After life in Roman paganism'