{"product_id":"gods-a-history-of-the-sacred-9798196074981","title":"Gods: A History of the Sacred","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Xavier Klonef\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGods: A History of the Sacred\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e traces humanity's great religious adventure from prehistory to the present day. From the spirits and ancestors of the Palaeolithic world to the gods of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, India, China, Africa, and pre-Columbian America; from the emergence of the one God in Israel to Christianity and Islam; from ancient temples to the new forms of sacredness that have arisen in modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a historical and anthropological perspective, and in a clear, engaging, and rigorous style, this book explores how different cultures have understood the divine, how they have represented it, how they have linked it to power, the body, death, and the order of the world, and how that experience has shaped the history of civilisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book of defence or attack. It is a book of understanding. Because to study the history of the sacred is also to study the deepest questions of the human being: fear, hope, justice, suffering, death, and the need for meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of the gods is also the history of humanity standing before mystery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eINDEX\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Why Do Human Beings Create Gods?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I - THE BIRTH OF THE SACRED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Before the Temples. Spirits, the Dead, and Invisible Forces\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. When the Sky Became Power. Storm, Sun, Moon, Fertility\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. From Village to Temple. Agriculture, City, and the Administration of the Divine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II - GODS AND CIVILISATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Mesopotamia. Gods for a Fragile Humanity\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Egypt. Eternal Order and the Promise of Defeating Death\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Canaan, Phoenicia, and Israel. From the Storm God to the One God\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Persia. Fire, Truth, and Judgement: Zoroastrianism and the Moralisation of the Cosmos\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Greece. Gods with Human Faces\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Rome. Religion, Empire, and the Usefulness of Worship\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. India. The Infinite Face of the Divine\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. China and Japan. Heaven, Ancestors, and Harmony\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Africa. Vital Force, Mediation, and Presence\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. Pre-Columbian America. Cosmos, Sacrifice, and Balance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III - WHAT THE GODS DO IN HUMAN LIFE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Gods of Power. Kings, Cities, and Empires\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Gods of the Body and Fertility. Sex, Birth, Abundance, and Continuity\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. Gods of War and Fear. Violence, Sacrifice, and Protection\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. Gods of Death. Judgement, Shadow, Resurrection, and Immortality\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18. Gods of Knowledge and Meaning. Wisdom, Destiny, and the Order of the World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV - FROM POLYTHEISM TO THE ONE GOD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19. The Invention of Universality. From Local Gods to the God of All\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20. Judaism. The God of Covenant, Law, and Memory\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21. Christianity. Incarnation, Salvation, and Universal Expansion\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22. Islam. The Radical Unity of God\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V - THE ECLIPSE OF DIVINITY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23. After the Gods. Secularisation, Disenchantment, and the Void\u003cbr\u003eChapter 24. The Invisible Gods of the Present. Nation, Progress, Market, Technology, and the Self","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892918698135,"sku":"9798196074981","price":1289.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798196074981.webp?v=1781189982","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/gods-a-history-of-the-sacred-9798196074981","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}