Why a political historian decided to take on the holiest of cows.
Michael Parenti didn’t get the memo.
There is a certain etiquette when discussing religion in polite company. You can critique a policy, a priest, or even a particular church’s history. But the deity itself? The architect of the cosmos? Usually, that’s where the conversation stops. god and his demons pdf
You believe that faith should be exempt from political critique. Or if you are easily offended by comparing biblical narratives to abusive relationships. Where to find the PDF God and His Demons was originally published in 2010. While I encourage supporting independent and radical presses (check out City Lights Publishers or Seven Stories Press ), the book is frequently archived on academic databases and digital library collections like Internet Archive (archive.org) . A quick search for "Parenti God and His Demons PDF" will usually yield a legal copy, especially for personal educational use. Final thought: Whether you end up agreeing with Parenti or dismissing him as a crank, God and His Demons achieves what great political writing should: it makes you uncomfortable. It forces you to ask whether you worship the divine, or whether you are simply bowing to the biggest bully in the universe. Why a political historian decided to take on