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UNINA9910974783303321 |
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Autore |
Paper Jordan D |
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Titolo |
The deities are many : a polytheistic theology / / Jordan Paper |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2005 |
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9780791483626 |
0791483622 |
9781423743934 |
1423743938 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (170 p.) |
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Collana |
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SUNY series in religious studies |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-152) and index. |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Cosmic Couple: Mother Earth and Father Sky -- Numinous Nature: Animal, Plant, and Mineral Spirits -- The Family Deified: Ancestral Spirits -- Divine Ghosts: Functional Deities -- The Seminuminous: Culture Heroes and Tricksters -- One or Many: Monotheists' Misperceptions of Polytheism -- Diversity and Accommodation: Human Life in a Polytheistic Milieu -- Further Readings -- Index |
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The Deities Are Many is a lively and learned introduction to polytheism. Drawing from both his scholarly research and his personal experience, author Jordan Paper is the ideal guide into this milieu. Paper was drawn to polytheism through his love of nature, seeing it as a source of the divine. In this book he 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. Paper also shows how monotheists misunderstand polytheism and provides a polytheist perspective on |
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what it means to be human when the "deities are many." This is a fascinating, illuminating book, especially for those raised in monotheistic societies. |
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UNINA9910973667603321 |
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Autore |
Haleem Irm. |
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The essence of Islamist extremism : recognition through violence, freedom through death / / Irm Haleem |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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1-136-67431-4 |
1-136-67432-2 |
0-203-80927-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Routledge studies in political Islam ; ; 8 |
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Violence - Religious aspects - Islam |
Political violence - Religious aspects - Islam |
Islam and politics |
Islamic fundamentalism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; The Essence of Islamist Extremism; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Preliminary note; Introduction; 1. Struggles for recognition and moral consequentialism; 2. Recognition through violence; 3. Self-transcendent recognition; 4. Violence as morality; 5. Essence, motivations, and flawed policies; Concluding remarks: Nothing Islamic about Islamist extremism; Appendix I: On essence; Appendix II: Virgins in heaven; Appendix III: Humanitarian interventions; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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This book provides a critical and a conceptual analysis of radical Islamist rhetoric drawn from temporally and contextually varied Islamist extremist groups, challenging the popular understanding of Islamist extremism as a product of a 'clash-of-civilizations'.Arguing that the essence of Islamist extremism can only be accurately understood by |
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drawing a distinction between the radical Islamist explanations and justifications of violence, the author posits that despite the radical Islamist contextualization of violence within Islamic religious tenets, there is nothing conceptual |
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