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- W4380231728 abstract "Book Review| May 01 2023 Review: Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine, by Anna Della Subin Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine. By Anna Della Subin. Granta Books, 2021. 462 pages. $35.00 hardcover; $22.99 softcover; ebook available. Brian C. Wilson Brian C. Wilson Western Michigan University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2023) 26 (4): 126–127. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2023.26.4.126 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Brian C. Wilson; Review: Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine, by Anna Della Subin. Nova Religio 1 May 2023; 26 (4): 126–127. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2023.26.4.126 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentNova Religio Search Anna Della Subin’s book, Accidental Gods, is an interesting, if impressionistic exploration of the forces behind apotheosis in the modern world. As she observes in her introduction, “Though the idea that man could become deified may appear an archaic and arcane theological puzzle,” modernity has nevertheless witnessed a “flood of sanctifications” (8) in the wake of western colonialism. The range of Subin’s examples is truly remarkable, covering the globe and ranging from the expected (e.g., Hernán Cortés as Quetzalcoatl in Mexico) to the more obscure (e.g., the worship of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in Vanuatu and Donald Trump in India). What ties all these examples together is Subin’s consistent postcolonial lens, which, despite the book’s achronological approach and journalistic looseness, yields many nuanced insights into the processes of continued god-making in the modern world. The first part of the book, “Late Theogony,” begins with an extended case study... You do not currently have access to this content." @default.
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