Deities Are Many: A polytheistic Theology Book

Overall, not a bad book on polytheist concepts. The author does note in his work that polytheism does not have a specific "theology" - and most of the book spends time on various concepts of polytheism.

The written aspect of the book was a little tough to follow, and I was expecting an academic work because I had checked out the author's background prior to reading. However, just a few pages into the introduction, and it became abundantly clear that the author was aiming this towards an audience of theologians and wanna-be theologians. The writing style, and the assumption by the author that the reader would be able to understand some theological concepts were even larger tip-offs to the prospective audience...and were also a big turn-off for me.

As I noted, overall its not a bad piece of work. But be a little prepared going in...I would never recommend this to someone trying to understand concepts of polytheism with no background in understand theological concepts. But for individuals with a more established background or a desire to move into theological circles, concepts and conversations - this would definitely be a book for those folks, as it is aimed directly at them as an audience.

--T /|\