"A provocative history of men who were worshipped as gods that illuminates the connection between power and religion and the role of divinity in a secular age"-- Provided by publisher.

First rites -- In the light of Ras Tafari -- The gospel of Philip -- MacArthur, four ways -- Gods in uniform -- The apotheosis of Nathaniel Tarn -- The mystical germ -- A tumescent trinity -- Passage -- The tyranny of love -- Mythopolitics -- Serpents --Adam blushed -- How to kill a god -- Liberation (Last rites).