Living with the gods : on beliefs and peoples / Neil MacGregor.
Living with the gods : on beliefs and peoples / Neil MacGregor.
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Call Numbers
G 2019/0250
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Language
English
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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...
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Edition
First United States edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
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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...
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Full title
Living with the gods : on beliefs and peoples / Neil MacGregor.
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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.
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©2018
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G 2019/0250
Record Identifier
74VKV03ewMqO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV03ewMqO
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ISBN
0525521461
9780525521464
DDC
200.9
MMS ID
991024225301502626