Worship Of Man (Noun)
Meaning
The worship of human beings.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The concept of worship of man refers to the elevation of a human being to the status of a deity or object of veneration, often leading to unhealthy forms of hero worship and the deification of leaders.
- Some critics of authoritarian regimes have accused these governments of fostering a cult of personality, essentially promoting the worship of man.
- This led to his promotion of an early 19th-century theology known as "worship of man," the exaltation of the highest form of humanity to that of deity.
- During this time he increasingly deified humanity as part of a personal and developing concept that was more directly connected to what might be termed a form of the worship of man.
- Napoleon himself thought to rule the newly organized church with his version of worship of man which ultimately deifies reason itself, effectively negating spirituality in this faith system.