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200 14$aThe deities are many$b[electronic resource] $ea polytheistic theology /$fJordan Paper
210   $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2005
215   $a1 online resource (170 p.) 
225 1 $aSUNY series in religious studies
300   $aIncludes index.
311   $a0-7914-6387-7 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 145-152) and index.
327   $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tThe Cosmic Couple: Mother Earth and Father Sky -- $tNuminous Nature: Animal, Plant, and Mineral Spirits -- $tThe Family Deified: Ancestral Spirits -- $tDivine Ghosts: Functional Deities -- $tThe Seminuminous: Culture Heroes and Tricksters -- $tOne or Many: Monotheists' Misperceptions of Polytheism -- $tDiversity and Accommodation: Human Life in a Polytheistic Milieu -- $tFurther Readings -- $tIndex
330   $aThe 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 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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