God's Monsters
Vengeful Spirits, Deadly Angels, Hybrid Creatures, and Divine Hitmen of the Bible

Found this book on the short-list for a Bram Stoker award. The premise of closely reading the Bible's monstrous sections, and specifically the numerous occasions where God acts like a monster, intrigued me. Even as a child, I found the religious interpretation of God as "Holy, Holy, Holy" inconsiste......more

Is God a monster? That’s the question at the centre of this book. If you, like me, are a devout Christian, this book will push you out of your comfort zone…and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Though I disagreed with many of the author’s theological conclusions, they were well-researched and well-......more

One thing I can definitely say for Ms. Hamori is that she's presented a peculiar new brew of scripture bashing different from any I've encountered before. On the one hand, she does a better job of taking scripture at its own word (selectively). If I had to characterize her approach it's "look, isn't......more

seraphim snakes, shapeshifters, realm crossers, and other friends of God. boy, does this book turn your cute angelology and demonology on its head! I love the wild world of Hamori’s monsters and how she breathes new life into these well known and tamed stories. but when the red thread of God being th......more

Anyone vaguely interested in the Bible should read this book. Hamori brilliantly uses Monster Theory to illuminate a unique perspective in the Bible, wittily showing the brutality of biblical monsters, who are often ignored or tamed (or unrecognized as monsters) by many religious interpretations. Th......more