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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2005.
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| Colección: | SUNY series in religious studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.