Divine Bestiary : How Religion Invents Beasts to Explain God, Evil, Chaos, and the Human Soul

Religions do not invent monsters because they lack reason. They invent them because some truths are too large, too frightening, or too sacred to remain abstract.The Divine Bestiary explores the fantastic creatures that populate religious texts, myths, temples, folklore, sacred art, and apocalyptic visions. From Leviathan, Behemoth, Tiamat, and Apep to angels, demons, jinn, nāgas, Garuda, Lilith, c...