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Accidental gods : on men unwittingly turned divine / Anna Della Subin.

By: Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Books : Henry Holt & Company, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 462 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1250296870
  • 9781250296870
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 202/.130922 23
LOC classification:
  • BL465 .S835 2021
Contents:
First rites -- In the light of Ras Tafari -- The gospel of Philip -- MacArthur, four ways -- Gods in uniform -- The apotheosis of Nathaniel Tarn -- The mystical germ -- A tumescent trinity -- Passage -- The tyranny of love -- Mythopolitics -- Serpents -- Adam blushed -- How to kill a god -- Liberation (last rites).
Summary: "A provocative history of men who were worshiped as gods that illuminates the connection between power and religion and the role of divinity in a secular age."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks BL465 .S835 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001501625

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-444) and index.

First rites -- In the light of Ras Tafari -- The gospel of Philip -- MacArthur, four ways -- Gods in uniform -- The apotheosis of Nathaniel Tarn -- The mystical germ -- A tumescent trinity -- Passage -- The tyranny of love -- Mythopolitics -- Serpents -- Adam blushed -- How to kill a god -- Liberation (last rites).

"A provocative history of men who were worshiped as gods that illuminates the connection between power and religion and the role of divinity in a secular age."-- Provided by publisher.

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