One God, Many Gods
Author | : Francisco Adam |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 51 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Christianity and other religions |
ISBN | : 9780758616319 |
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Author | : Francisco Adam |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 51 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Christianity and other religions |
ISBN | : 9780758616319 |
Author | : Page duBois |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2014-06-16 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0674369130 |
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 single deity. In A Million and One Gods, 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. In English usage, the word “polytheism” comes from the seventeenth-century writings of Samuel Purchas. It was pejorative from the beginning—a word to distinguish the belief system of backward peoples from the more theologically advanced religion of Protestant Christians. Today, when monotheistic fundamentalisms too often drive people to commit violent acts, polytheism remains a scandalous presence in societies still oriented according to Jewish, Christian, and Muslim beliefs. Even in the multicultural milieus of twenty-first-century America and Great Britain, polytheism finds itself marginalized. Yet it persists, perhaps because polytheism corresponds to unconscious needs and deeply held values of tolerance, diversity, and equality that are central to civilized societies.
Author | : Page duBois |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2014-06-16 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0674728831 |
As A Million and One Gods shows, polytheism is considered a scandalous presence in societies oriented to Jewish, Christian, and Muslim beliefs. Yet it persists, even in the West, perhaps because polytheism corresponds to unconscious needs and deeply held values of tolerance, diversity, and equality that are central to civilized societies.
Author | : Robert McQueen Grant |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1988-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780664250119 |
Compares early Christian beliefs about God with the religious beliefs of others in the Roman Empire and traces the development of Christian theology
Author | : Tim Whitmarsh |
Publisher | : Knopf Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Atheism |
ISBN | : 0307958329 |
The absence of centralized religious authority made for an extraordinary variety of perspectives on sacred matters, from the devotional to theatheos, or "godless." Whitmarsh explores this kaleidoscopic range of ideas about the gods, focusing on the colorful individuals who challenged their existence. Among these were some of the greatest ancient poets and philosophers and writers, as well as the less well known: Diagoras of Melos, perhaps the first self-professed atheist; Democritus, the first materialist; Socrates, executed for rejecting the gods of the Athenian state; Epicurus and his followers, who thought gods could not intervene in human affairs; the brilliantly mischievous satirist Lucian of Samosata. Before the revolutions of late antiquity, which saw the scriptural religions of Christianity and Islam enforced by imperial might, there were few constraints on belief.
Author | : Neil Ormerod |
Publisher | : Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 145146469X |
Natural theology is a philosophical site that is hotly debated and controversialit is claimed by Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Evangelicals as a crucial vantage point for the intersection of theology, philosophy, science, and politics. It is strongly contested by some theologians, such as those influenced by Barth, as well as some philosophers and scientists. This volume steers through these troubled waters, arguing for reclamation of a natural theology that withstands the challenges from within and without the Christian tradition and accrues to a vital public and political witness.
Author | : Louis Dyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Cults |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Viktor Rydberg |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2023-11-12 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
Teutonic Mythology: Gods and Goddesses of the Northland in 3 volumes is a historical work by Swedish author Viktor Rydberg which deals with Germanic tradition and Norse mythology. One of Rydberg's mythological theories developed in this book is that of a vast World Mill which rotates the heavens, which he believed was an integral part of Old Norse mythic cosmology.
Author | : Pedro Urvi |
Publisher | : Pedro Urvi |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Book One in the international bestselling ScienceFiction-Fantasy series. Prequel series to the bestselling The Ilenian Enigma that has reached: ***** Nº1 Sword & Sorcery**** ***** Nº1 Action &Adventure**** A dystopian fantasy action adventure for all ages. An epic adventure full of action in an amazing dystopian world. Join thousand of readers from all over the world in this thrilling experience. An epic adventure in a breathtaking universe. Science Fiction, fantasy, magic, in a never seen before dystopian setting. Discover a fascinating world ruled by merciless Gods. Join the slaved people of the seas in their quest for freedom and survival. Entrancing characters you will love. Experience an exotic world, mystery, and non stop action. A story with intense romance and passionate characters. Sword fight, magic, thrill, in a coming of age story of love and honor. Synopsis: In a dystopic world, the Senoca, the People of the Sea have been enslaved by the Golden Gods. They live within the limits ofthe Boundary, for only one purpose: produce for the Gods or die. Kyra, a seventeen-year-old girl, is selected, along with other young girls, and taken to the Gods. Her brother Ikai will move heaven and earth to find her. They will fight for survival, confronting a society constituted to serve the masters, and even the Gods themselves in their eternal dwelling. A story of love, survival, sacrifice, and thefight for freedom. About this series: ·Genre: Dystopian, fantasy, sword andsorcery, action adventure, coming of age. ·Audience: Middle-grade, teen, young adult, adult. ·Setting: Continent in quasi-medieval times,Gods and magic users. ·Reader age: 10+ ·Explicit language: None ·Completeness: Completed. It is a 3 book adventure. ·Similar/influenced by: Dragonlance, Lord ofthe Rings, Hunger Games, Harry Potter... The Golden Gods: ORIGIN (Book #1) REBELLION (Book #2) REBIRTH (Book #3) A saga that will keep you gripped! An amazing adventure awaits!
Author | : James Hastings |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 936 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Ethics |
ISBN | : |