Million and One Gods: The Persistence of Polytheism
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Many people worship not just one but many gods. Yet a relentless prejudice against polytheism 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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674728831
ISBN13:9780674728837
Release Date:June 2014
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:208 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"
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