Why this word is great
THEOPHILIA — [Noun] Love for a god or God. From the Greek theo- ("god") + -philia ("love, friendship"). Unlike "theolatry" (which implies worship's formal prostration) or "agape" (which sanctifies love as divine gift), theophilia is the quiet, personal devotion of a mortal reaching upward. It is the whispered prayer in a dim chapel, the pilgrim’s bare feet on warm stone, the way sunlight through stained glass warms a skeptic’s hands—not fear, not duty, but the fragile, human act of loving what cannot be held. To love a deity is to admit you are not alone, even when you are.