TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paper,Jordan D.
TI  - The deities are many: a polytheistic theology 
T2  - SUNY series in religious studies
SN  - 1423743938
AV  - BL355 .P36 2005eb
U1  - 211/.32 23/eng/20240930
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Polytheism
KW  - Religions
KW  - Polythéisme
KW  - religions (belief systems, cultures)
KW  - aat
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Theism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152) and index; 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
N2  - "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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