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Baptism in The King of Tars has transformative powers. For instance, it is only through the baptism of the blob-child that he is given form and life, and is transformed into a functional human being (lines 770-773). While the Sultan's gods did not have the ability to provide the child with form, Christianity had the power to do so. Modern scholarly works interpret the role of baptism in the text as a device through which to understand attitudes towards Christian superiority.