So What If Horses Would Draw Horse Gods?

Xenophanes famously noted that if horses could draw, they would draw their gods as horses. This connection between those who depict the gods and how the gods are depicted is posed as part of a critical theological program. What follows is an argumentative reconstruction of how these observations det...

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Main Author: Aikin, Scott F. 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands [2016]
In: Sophia
Year: 2016, Volume: 55, Issue: 2, Pages: 163-177
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
BE Greco-Roman religions
NBC Doctrine of God
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B Theology
B Polytheism
B Monotheism
B Religion
B Xenophanes
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