Jordan D. Paper
Autore di The Deities Are Many: A Polytheistic Theology
Sull'Autore
Jordan Paper is Professor Emeritus at York University (Toronto) and a Fellow at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria (BC), Canada.
Opere di Jordan D. Paper
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1938-12-03
- Sesso
- male
- Istruzione
- University of Wisconsin (Ph.D|1971)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 11
- Utenti
- 212
- Popolarità
- #104,834
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 6
- ISBN
- 27
As a polytheist he is confused, although I empathize with him on grounds of my personal convictions. I've read volumes on Chinese religion and in this matter I would suggest consulting John Lagerweys and Marc Kalinowskis work. Also -as for pagans, or nobilitas and their theology, or the traditional Graeco-Roman traditions, I'd strongly suggest researching relevant mysteries, academic books and in-depth studies of their pertaining socio-historical minset.
As a heathen, I strongly sympathize with Mr. Jordan D. Paper, as an academically-inclined pagan, I must protest over such mistreatment of the topic, a personal ride sprinkled with fun-facts. The most interesting and valuable parts were the citations at the beginning of each chapter (thanks for the spoiler of Apuleian Metamorphoses, thanks Isis that I have read it beforehand some years ago)
There is no systematic outline of theologies, deologies, doxologies, philosophies and various traditions are brought up in a mixed-up fashion. I believe such a work should and must exist, but it should be a multi-volume work presented up to the standards of TheSCRA (Thesaurus Cultuus et Rituus Antiquorum).
If I'd like to present pagan outlines of my classical beliefs, that would be unwise to present this book to a Christian, a Muslim, a Jew to convince them that I don't believe in a rabble of nonsense. There is no strictness, precision of thought, even for a compact book like this. A promising topic was unfortunately discarded. Personally, I think this book should be avoided if one wishes an outline or an introduction to pagan theologies, I would rather recommend general classical reception books (offered by Brill series, for example) or highly esteemed academic works for each tradition separately.… (altro)