01633cam a2200361 i 4500 609694338 TxAuBib 20221118120000.0 210130s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021002258 9781250296870 hardcover 1250296870 hardcover TxAuBib rda Subin, Anna Della,. Accidental gods : on men unwittingly turned divine / Anna Della Subin. First edition. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021. xii, 462 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. First rites -- In the light of Ras Tafari -- The gospel of Philip -- Gods in uniform -- MacArthur, four ways -- The apotheosis of Nathaniel Tarn -- The mystical germ -- Creature-feeling -- Passage -- The tyranny of love -- Mythopolitics -- Serpents -- Adam blushed -- How to kill a god -- Last rites. "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. 20221118. Apotheosis. Religious leaders Biography. Kings and rulers Biography. Heroes Biography. Religion and politics. Religion and sociology. Subin, Anna Della., First edition.