Christian Polytheism?

This book is a theological and political exploration of how Christianity may be compatible with polytheism, arguing that there is no singular "orthodoxy", rather we see "polydoxy". It is essential reading for scholars of Christian Systematic Theology and Modern Theology.

Paul Hedges is Associate Professor in Interreligious Studies in the Study of Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies programme at RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and was previously Reader in Interreligious Studies at the University of Winchester, UK. He has published widely in interfaith areas, including Preparation and Fulfillment (2001), Christian Approaches to Other Faiths (co-edited with Alan Race, textbook: 2008; reader: 2009), Controversies in Interreligious Dialogue and the Theology of Religions (2010). He is General Editor of the multivolume series Controversies in Contemporary Religion (2014), and is on the Editorial Board ofStudies in Interreligious Dialogue, and the Journal of Religious History.

1. What is Polytheism?: Theological and Analytical Explorations 2. "Thou Shalt Have None of Those Other Gods Before Me": Polytheistic Beginnings, Monotheistic Leanings 3. Surely the Newer Testament Teaches Monotheism? Jewish and Christian Origins 4. The Dancing G*d(s) of Polytheism and Multi-Devotionalism: On the Trinity 5. Jesus and the Other Gods: Theologies of Religions 6. Is There an Abrahamic Monotheism? Christians, Jews, and Muslims 7. Liberating Plurality and G*d: Global, Decolonial, and Feminist Approaches 8. Being a Polytheistic Christian: Or, Can Christians Accept Polytheists? Epilogue: The Theology, Ideology, and Politics of One and the Many Index