Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: Dimensions of the Supernatural	1
1 God’s Truth: Inevitable Sects and Reformations	15
2 God’s Handiwork: The Religious Origins of Science	121
3 God’s Enemies: Explaining the European Witch-Hunts	201
4 God’s Justice: The Sin of Slavery	291
Postscript: Gods, Rituals, and Social Science	367
Notes	377
Bibliography	419
Index	465