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Living with the gods : on beliefs and peoples / Neil MacGregor.

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Living with the gods : on beliefs and peoples / Neil MacGregor.

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Living with the gods : on beliefs and peoples / Neil MacGregor.

About this item

Full title

Living with the gods : on beliefs and peoples / Neil MacGregor.

Publisher

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

Call Numbers

G 2019/0250

Record Identifier

74VKV03ewMqO

MMS ID

991024225301502626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xxiii, 488 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Introduction: Believing and belonging -- Part one: Our place in the pattern. The beginnings of belief ; Fire and state ; Water of life and death ; The return of the light ; Harvest and homage -- Part two: Believing together. Living with the dead ; Birth and the body ; A place in tradition ; Let us p...

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

Edition

First United States edition.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2018.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"Until fairly recently, religion as a major influence on the nature of individual societies around the world seemed to be on the wane. Now, far from being marginalized, the relationship between faith and society has moved to the center of politics and global conversation. Neil MacGregor's new book traces the ways in which different societies have u...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Living with the gods : on beliefs and peoples / Neil MacGregor.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."

"Originally published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, London."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 476-478) and index.

Language note

Text in English.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2018

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2019/0250

Record Identifier

74VKV03ewMqO

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV03ewMqO

Other Identifiers

ISBN

0525521461

9780525521464

DDC

200.9

MMS ID

991024225301502626

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