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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v38.i15.records.utf8:9596238:1260
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01260cam a2200229 a 4500
001 2009025501
003 DLC
005 20100408170250.0
008 090623s2010 vau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009025501
020 $a9780972887595 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aBL65.P7$bS58 2010
082 00 $a201/.7$222
100 1 $aSlipp, Samuel.
245 14 $aThe quest for power :$breligion and politics /$cSamuel Slipp.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aCharlottesville, Va. :$bPitchstone Pub.,$c2010.
300 $axxiv, 199 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-188) and index.
505 0 $aForeword -- Preface -- Overview -- The impact of social context on belief -- Maintaining the illusion of power by using anti-semitism -- Jesus seeking freedom by the power of religion -- The Gnostic Gospels : power through knowledge -- Paul's creation of Christianity : a religion about Jesus -- Emperor Constantine : Christianity used for power -- Maintaining the illusion of divine power -- Freud as conquistador : power through knowledge -- Individual power of compliance to power -- Biological adaptation and cultural survival -- Power from the bottom up or from the top down.
650 0 $aReligion and politics.