{"product_id":"local-gods-leah-kalmanson-9780231215435","title":"Local Gods: A Philosophy of Spiritual Diversity","description":"\u003cp\u003eIndigenous activism against telescope construction on Maunakea involves the deity of volcanoes and fire. In India, a village goddess is visited at her place of residence. Across Asia, ancestors are venerated at family shrines. In many places around the world, spiritual matters and practices are local and contextual. Yet philosophy of religion often takes universalizing monotheism as the norm and overlooks other traditions, which it categorizes with oversimplified terms such as polytheism and animism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeah Kalmanson offers a new approach to understanding the world's varied religious traditions: a philosophy of spiritual diversity. Drawing on perspectives from Asian, Pacific, Indigenous American, and African traditions on engaging gods, ghosts, ancestors, and other types of spiritual agents and forces, \u003ci\u003eLocal Gods\u003c\/i\u003e reimagines philosophy of religion from standpoints it typically neglects. A philosophy of spiritual diversity foregrounds the numinous, subtle, and supernormal factors that pervade many aspects of everyday life but slip through the cracks of discourse on religion. Instead of relying on theological frameworks, it turns to theories and methods that are internal to the traditions it considers. This radically plural philosophy highlights creativity and imagination while opening pathways for critique and political engagement. Exploring a vast range of approaches to spiritual matters, this book asks us to find ethical relations with not only the gods we might call our own but also the gods of others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leah Kalmanson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231215436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231215435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d","brand":"Leah Kalmanson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437562343679,"sku":"9780231215435","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6cee8775-84a6-48ec-a99e-a35b35294306.jpg?v=1777162644","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/local-gods-leah-kalmanson-9780231215435","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}