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The mark of the sacred
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Uniform Title
Marque du sacré. English
Title
The mark of the sacred / Jean-Pierre Dupuy ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise.
ISBN
9780804776899 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804776905
9780804788458 (e-book)
Publication
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]
Copyright Notice Date
©2013
Physical Description
1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations.
Local Notes
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Notes
"Originally published in French under the title La marque du sacré."
Description based on print version record.
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Other formats
Print version: Dupuy, Jean Pierre. Mark of the sacred. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013] Cultural memory in the present
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 01, 2014
Series
Cultural memory in the present
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Prologue : the form of the sacred
Imagining the end : a personal journey
Science : a theology in spite of itself
Religion : natural vs. supernatural
Rationality and ritual : the Babylon lottery
Justice and resentment : corruption of the best
The nuclear menace : a new sacrament for humanity
Epilogue : variations on vertigo.
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