Title:
Accidental gods : on men unwittingly turned divine
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
New York : Metropolitan Books ; Henry Holt & Company, 2021.
Physical Description:
xii, 462 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9781250296870
Abstract:
"A provocative history of men who were worshipped as gods that illuminates the connection between power and religion and the role of divinity in a secular age"-- Provided by publisher.
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).
Language:
English
