Religion in the Maghreb during antiquity

الملخص EN

In this study the researcher dealt with the notion, linguistic and terminological definition of religion in the old Maghreb, as well as the types of religions existing at that time including paganism, namely the native ones that have passed through animism or what is called natural religion.

The old Maghrebian man worshipped the mountains and water therefore, their inherent spirits.

He has known the zoolatry, exercised the astronomical bodies devotion represented in worshipping the sun and the moon, he was also subject to the impact of the neighbouring Egyptian religions and was influenced by colonizers' religions, that of the Phoenicians, the Greeks, and the Romans.

The revealed religions namely Christianity or what is known according to Hegel as the olute religion which content is the olute right, have also appeared in the old Maghreb region simultaneously with Judaism.