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Of God And Gods by Jan Assmann

Of God And Gods
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Author: Jan Assmann
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299225534
Size: 47.80 MB
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Release Date: 2008-06-17
Category: History
Language: en
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Download PDF Of God And Gods eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. For thousands of years, our world has been shaped by biblical monotheism. But its hallmark—a distinction between one true God and many false gods—was once a new and radical idea. Of God and Gods explores the revolutionary newness of biblical theology against a background of the polytheism that was once so commonplace. Jan Assmann, one of the most distinguished scholars of ancient Egypt working today, traces the concept of a true religion back to its earliest beginnings in Egypt and describes how this new idea took shape in the context of the older polytheistic world that it rejected. He offers readers a deepened understanding of Egyptian polytheism and elaborates on his concept of the “Mosaic distinction,” which conceives an exclusive and emphatic Truth that sets religion apart from beliefs shunned as superstition, paganism, or heresy. Without a theory of polytheism, Assmann contends, any adequate understanding of monotheism is impossible. Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association of School Librarians, and Best Books for Special Interests, selected by the Public Library Association


Of God And Gods by Jan Assmann

Of God And Gods
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Author: Jan Assmann
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299225506
Size: 34.31 MB
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Release Date: 2008-05-21
Category: History
Language: en
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Download PDF Of God And Gods eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. For thousands of years, our world has been shaped by biblical monotheism. But its hallmark—a distinction between one true God and many false gods—was once a new and radical idea. Of God and Gods explores the revolutionary newness of biblical theology against a background of the polytheism that was once so commonplace. Jan Assmann, one of the most distinguished scholars of ancient Egypt working today, traces the concept of a true religion back to its earliest beginnings in Egypt and describes how this new idea took shape in the context of the older polytheistic world that it rejected. He offers readers a deepened understanding of Egyptian polytheism and elaborates on his concept of the “Mosaic distinction,” which conceives an exclusive and emphatic Truth that sets religion apart from beliefs shunned as superstition, paganism, or heresy. Without a theory of polytheism, Assmann contends, any adequate understanding of monotheism is impossible. Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association of School Librarians, and Best Books for Special Interests, selected by the Public Library Association


Gods And The One God by Robert McQueen Grant

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Author: Robert McQueen Grant
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664250119
Size: 11.80 MB
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Release Date: 1988-01-01
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF Gods And The One God eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Compares early Christian beliefs about God with the religious beliefs of others in the Roman Empire and traces the development of Christian theology


Exploring Mormon Thought by Blake T. Ostler

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Author: Blake T. Ostler
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ISBN: 9781589581074
Size: 10.33 MB
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Release Date: 2008-03
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF Exploring Mormon Thought eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Ostler steps through the common complaint that Mormons aren't Christian because they believe, not only in three separate individuals in the Godhead, but also in the deification of human beings. He demonstrates the clear biblical understanding, both in the precursors of the Old Testament and the New, and reconstructs the Hebrew view of a council of gods, presided over by the Most High God.


God Versus Gods by Reuven Chaim Klein

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Author: Reuven Chaim Klein
Publisher: Mosaica Press
ISBN: 1946351466
Size: 57.89 MB
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Release Date: 2018-11-01
Category: Religion
Language: en
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From Gods To God by Yair Zakovitch

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Author: Yair Zakovitch
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0827609086
Size: 40.95 MB
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Release Date: 2012-12-01
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF From Gods To God eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. "Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book."


God And The Gods by John Greco

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Author: John Greco
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475995962
Size: 55.48 MB
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Release Date: 2013-06
Category: Body, Mind & Spirit
Language: en
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Download PDF God And The Gods eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. God and the Gods presents the results of a personal journey to uncover the multifaceted pieces of information not covered in national news and hidden from the public for reasons unknown. Volumes of additional information with stories and artifacts that are off limits to mankind. Th is manuscript touches merely a few of the many secrets that society is hiding for its own benefit. They are small pieces of a multidimensional puzzle in unraveling the real origin of mankind something that could change the history of who we are and where we came from. Author John Greco opens our eyes to the possibilities that have accumulated over the years through the facts, findings, and scientific studies of the human body, religious proof, and archaeological discoveries being made throughout the world today. The Bible is fact, in most cases, but there is much more to know. The truth is out there, and most of it is staring us in the face every day. We as humans, who worship a God we cannot see, need to look in the right places and tie the many pieces of this amazing puzzle together. God and the Gods gives you the opportunity to question the basic teachings of all religions, including their exclusions, and begin to consider what the answers truly are. The city of Troy was a myth until it was found. The truth is out there and waiting to be discovered.


The Power Of God And The Gods Of Power by Daniel L. Migliore

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Author: Daniel L. Migliore
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 0664231640
Size: 64.12 MB
Format: PDF
Release Date: 2008-01-01
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF The Power Of God And The Gods Of Power eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. In this accessible and enlightening book, Daniel Migliore offers a study of the nature of God's power. Migliore calls for a reassessment of our understanding of the power of God and, through his exploration of historical and biblical references, provides his own analysis of God's power. A complete understanding of the power of God, Migliore argues, will profoundly affect how we live and how we exert power as individuals and as nations.


God And Gods In The Deuteronomistic History by Corrine L. Carvalho

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Author: Corrine L. Carvalho
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ISBN: 9780915170593
Size: 20.32 MB
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Release Date: 2021
Category: Bible
Language: en
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Download PDF God And Gods In The Deuteronomistic History eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. "God and Gods in the Deuteronomistic History stems from a four-year seminar at the Catholic Biblical Association Annual International Meetings. The essays examine topics related to divinity in each of the historical books (Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, and 1 and 2 Kings), such as cultic representation, divine characteristics, the relevance of redactional layers, and the role of religion in Israel's telling of its history. The volume contains contributions by Corrine Carvalho, Thomas B. Dozeman, Peter Dubovsky, Mark Enemali, Mahri Fleckman-Leonard, Garrett Galvin, Herbert B. Huffmon, Dale Launderville, Steven L. McKenzie, John L. McLaughlin, Michael R. Simone and Mark S. Smith"--


The Evolution Of The Idea Of God by Grant Allen

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Author: Grant Allen
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Size: 31.17 MB
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Release Date: 1897
Category: God
Language: en
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Why We Suffer by Robin Sacredfire

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Author: Robin Sacredfire
Publisher: 22 Lions
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Size: 20.78 MB
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Release Date: 2014-09-16
Category: Family & Relationships
Language: en
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Download PDF Why We Suffer eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. When somebody asks me “do you believe in God?” I have to answer “yes, but maybe mine is not the one you’re talking about”. Some people get scared and others smile at this answer, which can be seen as either a joke or a warning. What few people wonder is about what kind of God are they believing in. They always assume that if my God isn’t the same as theirs, I’m the one worshiping the wrong God. However, the question related to believing or not in a God, and in what kind of God we believe, makes a huge difference when we want to debate the question of “why does God allow suffering”. This difference is behind the creation of millions of different belief systems, each one claiming that their God is the true God. I’m not in favor of the opinion that all Gods are true, which, even if correct, would have to make us question about how many Gods do exist. The main point is that it doesn't matter how many Gods exist, or if they are all different and true in their uniqueness, as they could only operate under one single system that could be common to all human beings on Earth. Therefore, we can assume that maybe different Gods could have different purposes in different galaxies where beings are also different from us. This book proposes to explore, and precisely describe, how a God, or Gods, operate in this planet in particular. Maybe the rules described here don’t match the God of the reader, and that’s why I must say that this is all about my God, the one in which I believe. Nevertheless, I must mention that I spent my entire life studying different religions with its leaders, and each one of them told me that my believe system was the same as theirs, at least until we could find something to disagree with, which was actually rare, because the deepest we go in any study of any religious philosophy, the closer we get to the universal truth behind the meaning of each one of them. I always believed that my God is a good one, so I struggled for many years of my life trying to understand why I was suffering so much and without any mercy. And then I wondered why so many good people that I knew were suffering. I lost my faith many times, and ended up searching for answers in opposite philosophies, namely, Wicca and Satanic. But I realized that their answers were just another perspective about the same reality. In fact, my researches on the field of exorcism reinforced this knowledge with a more accurate analysis. In the end, I was able to make my inner positive nature prevail, and as I continued my studies among different religious systems, and later in the temples of Buddhists in China and Hindus in India, I was able to get a much wider approach to suffering in life. Today, it’s very simple for me to see why anyone suffers. It only takes a few seconds to realize it. This skill has helped me make many people happy without many efforts. And they all said that I changed their life dramatically, with just a few very powerful words that they'll never forget. The power of these words doesn't come from me, but the universal truth that God wants us to learn. My life today is far happier than it ever was, although I can’t say that it's perfect. And even though I helped many souls reach a better insight about the meaning of their lives, there are still many others that I couldn't help, because they are not ready for the truth. Even for me, it took quite a few years to understand how this truth works. Today I know that it doesn't matter if I believe in it or not, because you don’t need faith to believe in a way out of the suffering. At least, it’s not the most important thing. But you do need to know why and how suffering works, to understand its meaning. In this book, the way out of the suffering, as well as its reasons, are clearly described. But I must warn the reader that the answers aren't pleasant and most people can't accept them. So, knowing them won’t mean that we can help ourselves and anybody else. Even though what you'll read here are facts. These facts reveal the way out of the pain, including in situations in which we've been suffering for decades and since we were born. The challenges in accepting and applying them have to do only with our distance towards the lessons that God wants us to learn to get closer to him in the end.


God S Body by Andreas Wagner

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Author: Andreas Wagner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0567655970
Size: 31.45 MB
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Release Date: 2019-02-21
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF God S Body eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Images of the body in ancient Near Eastern civilizations are radically different from body images today, which in turn creates significant consequences for our understanding of the biblical notion of God's human shape and the frequent and widespread misconceptions therein. Andreas Wagner illuminates such frequent and widespread misconceptions, and reveals the sometimes distant pictorial world of ancient body images. He contrasts these with contemporary models and makes the matter of the Old Testament concept of God's human form accessible and clear. Wagner begins by introducing readers to aspects of anthropomorphism, the study of body parts, and Israel's basic understanding of the human body. He then turns specifically to the body of God, analysing why and how certain body parts are emphasized or regularly employed in the biblical text when it tries to describe God. Wagner draws out the theological aspects of the ways in which God's body is described as well as considering the diverse range of ancient Near Eastern perspectives on God, and the ways in which ancient cultures constructed and understood deities. Wagner concludes by looking at how the depiction of God in the Old Testament fits with the concept of mankind made in God's image. Enhanced by over fifty illustrations, God's Body will lead the debate in biblical anthropomorphism for years to come.


God by Reza Aslan

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Author: Reza Aslan
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0553394746
Size: 21.85 MB
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Release Date: 2019-04-09
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF God eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity’s quest to make sense of the divine in this concise and fascinating history of our understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the staid, well-worn portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling new image of the man in all his contradictions. In his new book, Aslan takes on a subject even more immense: God, writ large. In layered prose and with thoughtful, accessible scholarship, Aslan narrates the history of religion as a remarkably cohesive attempt to understand the divine by giving it human traits and emotions. According to Aslan, this innate desire to humanize God is hardwired in our brains, making it a central feature of nearly every religious tradition. As Aslan writes, “Whether we are aware of it or not, and regardless of whether we’re believers or not, what the vast majority of us think about when we think about God is a divine version of ourselves.” But this projection is not without consequences. We bestow upon God not just all that is good in human nature—our compassion, our thirst for justice—but all that is bad in it: our greed, our bigotry, our penchant for violence. All these qualities inform our religions, cultures, and governments. More than just a history of our understanding of God, this book is an attempt to get to the root of this humanizing impulse in order to develop a more universal spirituality. Whether you believe in one God, many gods, or no god at all, God: A Human History will challenge the way you think about the divine and its role in our everyday lives. Praise for God “Timely, riveting, enlightening and necessary.”—HuffPost “Tantalizing . . . Driven by [Reza] Aslan’s grace and curiosity, God . . . helps us pan out from our troubled times, while asking us to consider a more expansive view of the divine in contemporary life.”—The Seattle Times “A fascinating exploration of the interaction of our humanity and God.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “[Aslan’s] slim, yet ambitious book [is] the story of how humans have created God with a capital G, and it’s thoroughly mind-blowing.”—Los Angeles Review of Books “Aslan is a born storyteller, and there is much to enjoy in this intelligent survey.”—San Francisco Chronicle


Battle Of The Gods by Robert A. Morey

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Author: Robert A. Morey
Publisher: Faith Defenders
ISBN: 0925703001
Size: 43.83 MB
Format: PDF
Release Date: 1989
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF Battle Of The Gods eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. The first major book that exposes process theology as a heretical revival of plantonic religion. Dr. Morey gives a solid exegetical and philosophical refutation of process thought and Neo-Processian, such as the open view of God. It is recommended by Walter Martin, D. James Kennedy, John Ankebrerg, Norman Giesler, etc.


City Of God by St Augustine

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Author: St Augustine
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1625583540
Size: 53.75 MB
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Release Date: 2012-12-10
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF City Of God eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Saint Augustine of Hippo is one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and this book is one of his greatest theological works. Written as an eloquent defense of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, it examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers, and the revelations of the Bible. Pointing the way forward to a citizenship that transcends worldly politics and will last for eternity, this book is one of the most influential documents in the development of Christianity. One of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian thought, The City of God is vital to an understanding of modern Western society and how it came into being. Begun in A.D. 413, the book's initial purpose was to refute the charge that Christianity was to blame for the fall of Rome (which had occurred just three years earlier). Indeed, Augustine produced a wealth of evidence to prove that paganism bore within itself the seeds of its own destruction. However, over the next thirteen years that it took to complete the work, the brilliant ecclesiastic proceeded to his larger theme: a cosmic interpretation of history in terms of the struggle between good and evil. By means of his contrast of the earthly and heavenly cities-- the one pagan, self-centered, and contemptuous of God and the other devout, God-centered, and in search of grace-- Augustine explored and interpreted human history in relation to eternity.


God Against The Gods by Jonathan Kirsch

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Author: Jonathan Kirsch
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440626588
Size: 76.46 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Release Date: 2005-01-25
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF God Against The Gods eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. "Lively… points out that the conflict between the worship of many gods and the worship of one true god never disappeared." —Publishers Weekly "Jonathan Kirsch has written another blockbuster about the Bible and its world." —David Noel Freedman, Editor-in-Chief of the Anchor Bible Project "Kirsch tackles the central issue bedeviling the world today - religious intolerance… A timely book, well-written and researched." —Leonard Shlain, author of The Alphabet and the Goddess and Sex, Time and Power "An intriguing read." —The Jerusalem Report "A timely tale about the importance of religious tolerance in today’s world." —San Francisco Chronicle "Kirsch is a fine storyteller with a flair for rendering ancient tales relevant and appealing." —The Washington Post


The Lord God Of Gods by Silviu Bunta

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Author: Silviu Bunta
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ISBN: 9781463243333
Size: 46.53 MB
Format: PDF
Release Date: 2021
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF The Lord God Of Gods eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. The Journal of Language Relationship is an international periodical publication devoted to the issues of comparative linguistics and the history of the human language. The Journal contains articles written in English and Russian, as well as scientific reviews, discussions and reports from international linguistic conferences and seminars.


The Kingdom Of God And Prayer by Anthony Abidemi Olalere

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Author: Anthony Abidemi Olalere
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483691373
Size: 78.64 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Release Date: 2013-11-21
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF The Kingdom Of God And Prayer eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. The book simplifies prayer and provides an understanding of the importance of prayer in the Kingdom God. God’s plan is that His will be done on earth as it is in heaven through the church. This book encourages and teaches the believer how to pray. It examines how to enter into Gods presence to get results, fight the good fight of faith and establish the kingdom of God wherever we find ourselves. The book concludes by considering the believer’s weapon of war provided by scriptures to obtain victory and enter into the rest purposed by God.


One God Many Gods by Francisco Adam

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Author: Francisco Adam
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ISBN: 9780758616319
Size: 62.97 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Release Date: 2008
Category: Christianity and other religions
Language: en
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America S Four Gods by Paul Froese

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Author: Paul Froese
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199752605
Size: 14.54 MB
Format: PDF
Release Date: 2010-10-07
Category: Religion
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Download PDF America S Four Gods eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Despite all the hype surrounding the "New Atheism," the United States remains one of the most religious nations on Earth. In fact, 95% of Americans believe in God--a level of agreement rarely seen in American life. The greatest divisions in America are not between atheists and believers, or even between people of different faiths. What divides us, this groundbreaking book shows, is how we conceive of God and the role He plays in our daily lives. America's Four Gods draws on the most wide-ranging, comprehensive, and illuminating survey of American's religious beliefs ever conducted to offer a systematic exploration of how Americans view God. Paul Froese and Christopher Bader argue that many of America's most intractable social and political divisions emerge from religious convictions that are deeply held but rarely openly discussed. Drawing upon original survey data from thousands of Americans and a wealth of in-depth interviews from all parts of the country, Froese and Bader trace America's cultural and political diversity to its ultimate source--differing opinions about God. They show that regardless of our religious tradition (or lack thereof), Americans worship four distinct types of God: The Authoritative God--who is both engaged in the world and judgmental; The Benevolent God--who loves and helps us in spite of our failings; The Critical God--who catalogs our sins but does not punish them (at least not in this life); and The Distant God--who stands apart from the world He created. The authors show that these four conceptions of God form the basis of our worldviews and are among the most powerful predictors of how we feel about the most contentious issues in American life. Accessible, insightful, and filled with the voices of ordinary Americans discussing their most personal religious beliefs, America's Four Gods provides an invaluable portrait of how we view God and therefore how we view virtually everything else.