The deities are many : a polytheistic theology /
"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 poly...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2005.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 1423743938 9781423743934 0791463877 9780791463871 0791463885 9780791463888 9780791483626 0791483622 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of 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.