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Living with the gods : on beliefs and peoples

Title: Living with the gods : on beliefs and peoples / Neil MacGregor.
Author: MacGregor, Neil, 1946-
Publication: [London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2018.

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Description

xxiii, 488 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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 understood and articulated their places in the cosmic scheme. It examines mankind's beliefs not from the perspective of institutional religions but according to how shared narratives have shaped societies--and what happens when different narratives run up against each other. As he did in A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation, MacGregor brilliantly combines objects, places, and ideas to examine and, ultimately, illuminate these pressing contemporary concerns.

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Note

"Based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series"--Cover.
"BBC Radio 4, The British Museum"--Title page.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Our place in the pattern -- Fire and state -- Water of life and death -- The return of the light -- Harvest and homage -- Powers earthly and divine -- Thy kingdom come -- Turning the screw -- "There is no God!" -- Living with each other.

Call Number

JFE 18-8757

ISBN

9780241308295
0241308291

OCLC

1052900739

Author

MacGregor, Neil, 1946- author.

Title

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

Publisher

[London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2018.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

British Museum.

BBC Radio 4.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-8757

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