The Deities Are Many: A Polytheistic Theology

Provides a theology of polytheism—the belief in many deities—using 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...