What was once sacred becomes forbidden, and in that act of rewriting, gods begin to rot into demons. Take the ancient Near East, where the line between gods and demons was always thin. Ba’al, once a ...

What came first – all-seeing Gods or complex societies? God the Father and Angel, Guercino Giovan Francesco Barbieri via Wikimedia Commons When you think of religion, you probably think of a god who ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Jennifer Szalai You might think that being worshiped as a god would be the ultimate dream come ...