{"product_id":"the-deities-are-many-a-polytheistic-theology-religious-studies-dis-9780791463888","title":"The Deities Are Many: A Polytheistic Theology (Religious Studies (Dis))","description":"\u003cp\u003eProvides a theology of polytheismthe belief in many deitiesusing examples from a wide range of world religions.  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 what it means to be human when the \"deities are many.\" This is a fascinating  illuminating book  especially for those raised in monotheistic societies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648152330293,"sku":"ByrdShop_0791463885","price":30.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780791463888.jpg?v=1781711034","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-deities-are-many-a-polytheistic-theology-religious-studies-dis-9780791463888","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}