CONTENTS
Preface: On Losing Your Children in the Vatican ix
Acknowledgments xiii
1 The Conundrum of the Absolute
1
THE PAGAN
17
2 Nature Before Nature
19
3 The Natural Conscience
47
4 Pagan Monotheism and the Two Evils
77
THE BOURGEOIS
107
5 Why Jesus Never Talked about Farming
109
6 Great Departures
148
7 Electrum Faiths
180
THE GOOD
217
8 Nonpolitical Politics
219
9 Awesome Coolness
237
10 The Jewel of Truth
259
Notes 279
References 311
Index 325