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008			091110s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng
035			_a15980120
925	0		_aacquire _b2 shelf copies _xpolicy default _eclaim1 2010-07-12
942			_2lcc _cbk
010			_a 2009047806
020			_a9781616141776 (cloth : alk. paper)
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC
041			_aeng
050	1	4	_aBJ1401 _bP228 2010
082	0	0	_a200 _222
100	1		_aParenti, Michael, _d1933-
245	1	0	_aGod and his demons / _cMichael Parenti.
260			_aAmherst, N.Y. _bPrometheus Books _c2010.
300			_a281 p. _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPart 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.
650		0	_aGood and evil.
650		0	_aGod.
650		0	_aChristianity.
650		0	_aReligion.
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