Essays on a Polytheistic Philosophy of Religion

Download or read book Essays on a Polytheistic Philosophy of Religion written by Edward Butler and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-04-29 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays lay the groundwork for a practice of philosophical inquiry adequate to polytheistic or "Pagan" religious traditions, including in particular the non-reductive hermeneutics of myth and the theory of the polycentric divine manifold. Includes the previously published articles "The Theological Interpretation of Myth", "Offering to the Gods: A Neoplatonic Perspective", "Polycentric Polytheism and the Philosophy of Religion", as well as the previously unpublished "Neoplatonism and Polytheism" and "A Theological Exegesis of the Iliad, Book One".