Million and One Gods: The Persistence of Polytheism

by Page duBois

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"