The deities are many : a polytheistic theology /

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Author / Creator:	Paper, Jordan D.
Imprint:	Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 155 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	SUNY series in religious studies SUNY series in religious studies.
Subject:	Polytheism. Religions. Polytheism. Religions. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11140572

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ISBN:	1423743938 9781423743934 0791463877 9780791463871 0791463885 9780791463888 9780791483626 0791483622
Notes:	Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152) and index. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Paper, Jordan D. Deities are many. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005 0791463877 0791463885

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