Editing Animism (section)

==== Abrahamic religions ====
Animism also has influences in [[Yahwism| Abrahamic religions]].

The [[Old Testament]] and the [[Wisdom literature]] preach the [[omnipresence]] of God (Jeremiah 23:24; Proverbs 15:3; 1 Kings 8:27), and God is bodily present in the [[Incarnation (Christianity)|incarnation]] of his Son, [[Jesus Christ]]. (Gospel of John 1:14, Colossians 2:9).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wallace |first=Mark I. |chapter=Christian Animism, Green Spirit Theology, and the Global Crisis today |title=Interdisciplinary and Religio-Cultural Discourses on a Spirit-Filled World |year=2013 |pages=197–211 |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |doi=10.1057/9781137268990_15 |isbn=9781137268990 }}</ref> Animism is not peripheral to Christian identity but is its nurturing home ground, its axis mundi. In addition to the conceptual work the term ''animism'' performs, it provides insight into the relational character and common personhood of material existence.<ref name=":2" />

The Christian [[spiritual mapping]] movement is based upon a similar worldview to that of animism. It involves researching and mapping the spiritual and social history of an area in order to determine the demon ([[territorial spirit]]) controlling an area and preventing [[evangelism]], so that the demon can be defeated through [[spiritual warfare]] prayer and rituals. Both posit that an invisible spirit world is active and that it can be interacted with or controlled, with the Christian belief that such power to control the spirit world comes from God rather than being inherent to objects or places. "The animist believes that rituals and objects ''contain'' spiritual power, whereas a Christian believes that rituals and objects may ''convey'' power. Animists seek to ''manipulate'' power, whereas Christians seek to ''submit'' to God and to learn to work with his power."<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Holvast |first=René |title=Spiritual Mapping: The Turbulent Career of a Contested American Missionary Paradigm, 1989–2005 |date=2008 |degree=PhD |access-date=September 15, 2024 |publisher=[[Utrecht University]] |isbn=978-90-393-4829-1 |url=https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/29340/holvast.pdf |pages=24–25}}</ref>

With rising awareness of ecological preservation, recently theologians like [[Mark I. Wallace]] argue for animistic Christianity with a [[Biocentrism (ethics)|biocentric]] approach that understands God being present in all earthly objects, such as animals, trees, and rocks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-15 |title=Theologian Mark Wallace Explores Christian Animism in Recent Book |url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/theologian-mark-wallace-explores-christian-animism-recent-book |access-date=2020-12-08 |website=www.swarthmore.edu |language=en}}</ref>