| Description |
199 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The prejudice against polytheism -- Greeks, Romans, and their many gods -- The polytheism of monotheism -- The politics of polytheism. |
| Summary |
"Many people worship not just one but many gods. Yet a relentless prejudice against polytheiosm denies legitimacy to some of the world's oldest and richest religious traditions. In her examination of polytheistic cultures both ancient and contemporary - those of Greece and Rome, the Bible and the Quran, as well as modern India - Page duBois refutes the idea that the worship of multiple gods naturally evolves over time into the "higher" belief in a single deity. [Here], she shows that polytheism has endured intact for millennia even in the West, despite the many hidden ways that monotheistic thought continues to shape Western outlooks. ..."--Book jacket. |
| Subject |
Polytheism.
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Polytheism. (OCoLC)fst01070812
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Polytheismus. (DE-588)4175322-7
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Polyteism.
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| ISBN |
9780674728837 (alk. paper) |
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0674728831 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
40023903521 |
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