From this polytheistic position the people took a step forward to a state of mind which Professor Max Muller calls henotheism; that is, they believed in the real existence of many gods, but that they were under allegiance to only one, their national Deity, and that him only they must serve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Unitarian Gospel] Reference

The concept of "henotheism" (in which any one of various deities may be singled out for worship as the Supreme Being) has been proposed to describe Hinduism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

That's henotheism: essentially, belief in tribal gods.    From Wordnik.com.  [the nutshell] Reference

It doesn't matter if it is monotheism, polytheism, or henotheism.    From Wordnik.com.  [You Can Write on It and Still Spend It!] Reference

Universal henotheism plays a role in the story, and it is one of the backgrounds to the whole thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Novella] Reference

Even henotheism, the last name which Professor Max Müller applies to the early Aryan faith, denotes oneness in this sense.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891] Reference

It is irrelevant if Deutero-Isaiah himself is preaching strict monotheism or Deuteronomy is still working within a sort of henotheism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Keith Ward, Big Questions in Science and Religion 9: Has Science Made Belief in God Obsolete?] Reference

For some time, I've had percolating in the back of my brain an idea for a post-singularity sf story centered around a henotheism of sorts; maybe I should work on that.    From Wordnik.com.  [SF Signal's Mind Meld: Polytheism vs. Monotheism] Reference

Its crawl up from winner-takes-all henotheism, the bloodthirsty brutality and small-mindedness and tribalism which is inexorably intertwined with the moral message of The Book?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Stain of Sin] Reference

In the Egyptian pantheon, several deities had special functions or abilities; and there was a tendency to associate local deities with the great state or cosmic deities so as to give the appearance of a kind of henotheism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference

From early animism in its manifold expressions, through polytheism, kathenotheism, henotheism, to monotheism, and so out into loftier possibilities of conceiving the divine nature and purpose -- the main road which man has traveled in his religious development now is traceable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christianity and Progress] Reference

It was a step toward monotheism, or at any rate towards a national henotheism.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference

I wonder why henotheism is not as common a philosophical designation as monotheism.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVII No 4] Reference

It is probable that various causes have contributed to the growth of monotheism and henotheism.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dominant Sex: A Study in the Sociology of Sex Differentiation, by Mathilde and Mathias Vaerting; translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul] Reference

Of particular interest to you would be the Parable of the 5 Trees...there, you will find the Prophets acceptance of henotheism.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN.com] Reference

There is one kind of monotheism, though it would more properly be called theism, or henotheism, which forms the birthright of every human being.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion] Reference

This is the explanation of an association which, as we shall see, is very common: the association of monosexual absolutism with monotheism or henotheism.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dominant Sex: A Study in the Sociology of Sex Differentiation, by Mathilde and Mathias Vaerting; translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul] Reference

In Hebrew and Greek times we discover a polytheism, after a long course of development, emerging into henotheism, and finally, here and there, into monotheism.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy] Reference

You haven't explained why you think monotheism is any more relevant than polytheism, or any other type of religious belief like animism, dualism, henotheism and so on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference

Strict henotheism?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Keith Ward, Big Questions in Science and Religion 9: Has Science Made Belief in God Obsolete?] Reference

528, 557. henotheism, 139, 177, 571.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow] Reference