The Deities Are Many: A Polytheistic Theology
by Paper, Jordan D.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-03-03
Publisher(s): State Univ of New York Pr
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Summary
Provides a theology of polytheism -- the belief in many deities -- using examples from a wide range of world religions.
Table of Contents
| Preface | xi | ||||
| Acknowledgments | xiii | ||||
| Chapter 1. Introduction | 1 | (18) | |||
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5 | (8) | |||
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13 | (3) | |||
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16 | (3) | |||
| Chapter 2. The Cosmic Couple: Mother Earth and Father Sky | 19 | (18) | |||
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19 | (3) | |||
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22 | (4) | |||
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26 | (2) | |||
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28 | (2) | |||
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| Chapter 3. Numinous Nature: Animal, Plant, and Mineral Spirits | 37 | (22) | |||
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37 | (2) | |||
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39 | (3) | |||
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42 | (4) | |||
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46 | (2) | |||
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48 | (1) | |||
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49 | (3) | |||
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52 | (7) | |||
| Chapter 4. The Family Deified: Ancestral Spirits | 59 | (14) | |||
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59 | (2) | |||
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61 | (7) | |||
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68 | (5) | |||
| Chapter 5. Divine Ghosts: Functional Deities | 73 | (16) | |||
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74 | (4) | |||
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78 | (11) | |||
| Chapter 6. The Seminuminous: Culture Heroes and Tricksters | 89 | (14) | |||
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91 | (3) | |||
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94 | (1) | |||
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95 | (3) | |||
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98 | (3) | |||
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101 | (2) | |||
| Chapter 7. One or Many: Monotheists' Misperceptions of Polytheism | 103 | (18) | |||
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103 | (2) | |||
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105 | (4) | |||
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109 | (2) | |||
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111 | (1) | |||
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112 | (2) | |||
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115 | (3) | |||
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118 | (3) | |||
| Chapter 8. Diversity and Accommodation: Human Life in a Polytheistic Milieu | 121 | (24) | |||
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121 | (4) | |||
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125 | (8) | |||
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133 | (9) | |||
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142 | (3) | |||
| Further Readings | 145 | (8) | |||
| Index | 153 |
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