01602cam a22003134a 4500 109188 20230410142406.0 091110s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng 15980120 acquire 2 shelf copies policy default claim1 2010-07-12 lcc bk 2009047806 9781616141776 (cloth : alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC eng BJ1401 P228 2010 200 22 Parenti, Michael, 1933- God and his demons / Michael Parenti. Amherst, N.Y. Prometheus Books 2010. 281 p. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Part I: All in the Bible -- Up from heaven -- The great exterminator -- The great abominator -- The other face of our sweet Savior -- Who killed Jesus and all those other Jews? -- Part II: Divine design -- Working his blunders in mysterious ways -- Jiffy creation, dubious design -- Part III: When the ethereal becomes material -- Mother Teresa, John Paul, and the fast-track saints -- Cashing in on heaven -- Moneyed gurus and cults -- Part IV: Hypocrites, reactionaries, and vipers -- God, left and right -- The pious predators -- Politicos and other Pharisees -- Part V: Theocracy, past, present, and future -- Church in state -- The return of totalitarian theocracy -- For Lords and Lamas -- Goodbye Shangri-la -- Secular tolerance rising. Good and evil. God. Christianity. Religion. dpf 94865 94865 0 0 lcc 0 0 OLF BJB BJB OLF 2023-04-10 0 BJ1401 P228 2010 00000102418 2018-11-17 00:00:00 1 2018-11-17 bk