Paganism, animism or Polytheism? an investigation into the labeling and categorisation of traditional belief system of the Kadazandusun

• Main Authors: Low, Kok On, Sanen Marshall
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: BJ Ethics
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19670/1/Paganism.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19670/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

The article surveys the difficulties associated with the attempts to describe the Kadazandusun belief system, which includes attempts to label it as pagan, animist or polytheist. The characteristics of the traditional Kadazandusun belief system are compared against these three concepts and the autho...