In praise of polytheism /

"At the heart of this book is a simple comparison: monotheistic religions are exclusive, whereas ancient polytheistic religions are inclusive. In this thought-provoking book, Maurizio Bettini, one of today's foremost classicists, uses the expansiveness of ancient polytheism to shine a brig...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bettini, Maurizio (Autor)
Otros Autores: Heise, Douglas Grant, 1973- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
Temas:
Polytheism.
Religions.
Religion > Philosophy.
Polythéisme.
Religion > Philosophie.
religions (belief systems, cultures)
RELIGION / Ancient
Polytheism
Religion > Philosophy
Religions
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the gods in exile
  • Sacrificing the nativity scene and bombing the mosque
  • Festivity figurines. Animals, shepherds, three kings
  • Festivity figurines. Sigilla, Sigillaria, and Compitalia
  • The life of a figurine. the Lararium
  • Thou shalt have no other god
  • Translating the gods, translating God
  • Grammatical paradoxes : the name of God
  • The interpretatio of the gods
  • Polytheism, curiosity, and knowledge
  • Tolerance vs. interpretation
  • Polytheism as language
  • Giving citizenship to the gods
  • The long shadow of words
  • The twilight of writing, the sunset of scripture
  • Appendix 1 : religious tolerance and intolerance in the ancient world
  • Appendix 2 : the ups and downs of paganus.

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