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The deities are many : a polytheistic theology / Jordan Paper.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series in religious studiesPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 155 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 1423743938
  • 9781423743934
  • 0791463877
  • 9780791463871
  • 0791463885
  • 9780791463888
  • 9780791483626
  • 0791483622
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Deities are many.DDC classification:
  • 211/.32 23/eng/20240930
LOC classification:
  • BL355 .P36 2005eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Introduction -- Ch. 2 cosmic couple : Mother Earth and Father Sky -- Ch. 3 Numinous nature : animal, plant, and mineral spirits -- Ch. 4 family deified : ancestral spirits -- Ch. 5 Divine ghosts : functional deities -- Ch. 6 seminuminous : culture heroes and tricksters -- Ch. 7 One or many : monotheists' misperceptions of polytheism.
Summary: "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
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)145010

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152) and index.

Print version record.

Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Introduction -- Ch. 2 cosmic couple : Mother Earth and Father Sky -- Ch. 3 Numinous nature : animal, plant, and mineral spirits -- Ch. 4 family deified : ancestral spirits -- Ch. 5 Divine ghosts : functional deities -- Ch. 6 seminuminous : culture heroes and tricksters -- Ch. 7 One or many : monotheists' misperceptions of polytheism.

"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.