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

Publication Info.

New York : Metropolitan Books ; Henry Holt & Company, 2021.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Canton Public Library - Adult Department	202.1309 SUBIN	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	202 SUBIN	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	202 SUB	Check Shelf
Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction	202.1309 SUBIN	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	xii, 462 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 worshipped as gods that illuminates the connection between power and religion and the role of divinity in a secular age"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Apotheosis.
	Religious leaders -- Biography.
	Kings and rulers -- Biography.
	Heroes -- Biography.
	Religion and politics.
	Religion and sociology.
	RELIGION / General.
	Apotheosis. (OCoLC)fst00811502
	Heroes. (OCoLC)fst00955558
	Kings and rulers. (OCoLC)fst00987694
	Religion and politics. (OCoLC)fst01093842
	Religion and sociology. (OCoLC)fst01093858
	Religious leaders. (OCoLC)fst01094109
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Other Form:	Online version: Subin, Anna Della. Accidental gods. First edition New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt & Company, 2021 9781250296887 (DLC) 2021002259
ISBN	9781250296870 (hardcover)
	1250296870 (hardcover)
	9781250296887 (ebook)
	1250296889 (ebook)

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