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God: An Anatomy
by Francesca Stavrakopoulou
This was great, but unusual, and probably confusing to readers who didn't understand what the erudite Stavrakapoulou was trying to do. She wrote from an 'insider's' perspective, meaning that she was less interested in what was objectively true or false or possible, but rather described what it would be like to truly believe certain claims about god's corporeality. There were a few claims that she might have stretched beyond application, and occasionally it jumped around quite a bit chronologically as she was more focused on individual body parts than the chronological development of perspectives.
When discussing the evolution of dualistic thinking and the afterlife in Judaism she failed to mention Zoroastrianism. She seemed so thorough everywhere, so I can't imagine why the oversight, unless she knows something I don't.
I think this book could be shocking to modern theists who have always believed god's anthropomorphisms were simply allegorical. But I think Stavrakapoulou is pretty accurate in the divine worldview she elucidates, which is laid out in a stark autopsy in the epilogue.
When discussing the evolution of dualistic thinking and the afterlife in Judaism she failed to mention Zoroastrianism. She seemed so thorough everywhere, so I can't imagine why the oversight, unless she knows something I don't.
I think this book could be shocking to modern theists who have always believed god's anthropomorphisms were simply allegorical. But I think Stavrakapoulou is pretty accurate in the divine worldview she elucidates, which is laid out in a stark autopsy in the epilogue.