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Political myth : on the use and abuse of Biblical themes /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boer, Roland, 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
Series:New slant.
Subjects:
Mythology > Political aspects.
Myth in the Bible.
Bible and politics.
Table of Contents:
  • Toward a theory of political myth
  • Women first? : on the legacy of "primitive communism"
  • The fantasy of myth
  • The sacred economy
  • Foreign policy and the fantasy of Israel in Australia
  • Christianity, capitalism, and the fantasy of Israel in the United States
  • Mythmaking for the left.