Political myth
Subtitle: on the use and abuse of Biblical themes
By: Roland Boer.
Series: New slant
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780822343356; 9780822343691
Subjects: Mythology -- Political aspects; Myth in the Bible; Bible and politics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Toward a theory of political myth; title: Women first? : on the legacy of "primitive communism"; title: The fantasy of myth; title: The sacred economy; title: Foreign policy and the fantasy of Israel in Australia; title: Christianity, capitalism, and the fantasy of Israel in the United States; title: Mythmaking for the left.