God and His Demons (SIGNED)

Parenti, Michael

ISBN 10: 1616141778 / ISBN 13: 9781616141776

Published by Prometheus; Amherst, NY, 2010

About this Item

Inscribed First Edition Hardcover in Near Fine Condition in Near Fine Dustjacket. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To Ray- best wishes- Michael Parenti." Otherwise book is pristine: clean, tight, bright. A very rare signed copy by the late Michael Parenti.

Seller Inventory # 510536

Bibliographic Details

• Title: God and His Demons (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Prometheus; Amherst, NY
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1616141778
• ISBN 13: 9781616141776
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed First Edition

About this title

Synopsis

A noted author and activist brings his critical acumen and rhetorical skills to bear in this polemic against the dark side of religion. Unlike some popular works by stridently outspoken atheists, this is not a blanket condemnation of all believers. Rather the author's focus is the heartless exploitation of faithful followers by those in power, as well as sectarian intolerance, the violence against heretics and nonbelievers, and the reactionary political and economic collusion that has often prevailed between the upper echelons of church and state. Parenti notes the deleterious effects of past theocracies and the threat to our freedoms posed by present-day fundamentalists and theocratic reactionaries. He discusses how socially conscious and egalitarian minded liberal religionists have often been isolated and marginalized by their more conservative (and better financed) coreligionists. Finally, he documents the growing strength of secular freethinkers who are doing battle against the intolerant theocratic usurpers in public life.Historically anchored yet sharply focused on the contemporary scene, this eloquent indictment of religion's dangers will be welcomed by committed secular laypersons and progressive religionists alike.

About the Author

Michael Parenti (Berkeley, CA) is the acclaimed author of more than twenty books, including, most recently, Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader; The Assassination of Julius Caesar; and The Culture Struggle. The New York Times Book Review, Washington Post, New York Review of Books, Harper’s, Nation, and Antioch Review are among the countless publications that have praised Parenti’s work. Visit him at www.michaelparenti.org.