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Accidental Gods: On Race, Empire, and Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

By Anna Della Subin
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By Anna Della Subin
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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE, THE IRISH TIMES AND THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE

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.

Ever since 1492, when Christopher Columbus made landfall in the New World and was hailed as a heavenly being, the accidental god has haunted the modern age. From Haile Selassie, acclaimed as the Living...

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