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The Roman Empire was a society full of gods. So how is it that Christianity come to predominate in this marketplace of competing religions? Why, in just three h

How new is atheism? Although adherents and opponents alike today present it as an invention of the European Enlightenment, when the forces of science and secula

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,

This reference book offers a comprehensive survey of gods and goddesses from cultures across the globe, with each entry covering specific cultures, dates of wor