The deities are many : a polytheistic theology /
Paper, Jordan D.
The deities are many : a polytheistic theology / Jordan Paper. - Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005. - 1 online resource (xiv, 155 pages) - SUNY series in religious studies . - SUNY series in religious studies. .
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152) and index.
Introduction -- cosmic couple : Mother Earth and Father Sky -- Numinous nature : animal, plant, and mineral spirits -- family deified : ancestral spirits -- Divine ghosts : functional deities -- seminuminous : culture heroes and tricksters -- One or many : monotheists' misperceptions of polytheism. Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Ch. 2 Ch. 3 Ch. 4 Ch. 5 Ch. 6 Ch. 7
"The Deities are Many is an introduction to polytheism. This book focuses on Chinese and Native American religious traditions, as well as West African, African-Brazilian, Hindu, Polynesian, and circum-Polar traditions, to describe the theology of polytheism. The book provides a topology of polytheistic deities, focusing on the cosmic couple, Father Sky and Mother Earth; animal, plant, and mineral deities; ancestral spirits; divine ghosts; and culture heroes and tricksters. Jordan Paper also shows how monotheists misunderstand polytheism and provides a polytheist perspective on what it means to be human when the "deities are many.""--Jacket
English.
1423743938 9781423743934 0791463877 9780791463871 0791463885 9780791463888 9780791483626 0791483622
22573/cats18214215 JSTOR
Polytheism.
Religions.
Polythéisme.
Religions.
religions (belief systems, cultures)
RELIGION--Theism.
Polytheism
Religions
BL355 / .P36 2005eb
211/.32
The deities are many : a polytheistic theology / Jordan Paper. - Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005. - 1 online resource (xiv, 155 pages) - SUNY series in religious studies . - SUNY series in religious studies. .
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152) and index.
Introduction -- cosmic couple : Mother Earth and Father Sky -- Numinous nature : animal, plant, and mineral spirits -- family deified : ancestral spirits -- Divine ghosts : functional deities -- seminuminous : culture heroes and tricksters -- One or many : monotheists' misperceptions of polytheism. Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Ch. 2 Ch. 3 Ch. 4 Ch. 5 Ch. 6 Ch. 7
"The Deities are Many is an introduction to polytheism. This book focuses on Chinese and Native American religious traditions, as well as West African, African-Brazilian, Hindu, Polynesian, and circum-Polar traditions, to describe the theology of polytheism. The book provides a topology of polytheistic deities, focusing on the cosmic couple, Father Sky and Mother Earth; animal, plant, and mineral deities; ancestral spirits; divine ghosts; and culture heroes and tricksters. Jordan Paper also shows how monotheists misunderstand polytheism and provides a polytheist perspective on what it means to be human when the "deities are many.""--Jacket
English.
1423743938 9781423743934 0791463877 9780791463871 0791463885 9780791463888 9780791483626 0791483622
22573/cats18214215 JSTOR
Polytheism.
Religions.
Polythéisme.
Religions.
religions (belief systems, cultures)
RELIGION--Theism.
Polytheism
Religions
BL355 / .P36 2005eb
211/.32