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1 online resource (ix, 273 pages) |
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online resource cr |
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Cosmology and religion: measurement and meaning -- Astrology: the celestial mirror -- Australia: the dreaming -- Oceania: navigating the sky -- North Americas: the Great Spirit -- South and Central America: salvation and sacrifice -- Sub-Saharan Africa: heaven on earth -- Egypt: the solar society -- China: the celestial offices -- India: ancient traditions and modern practice -- Babylon: signs in the sky -- The Jews: myth, magic, and transcendence -- Classical Greece: ascent to the stars -- Christianity: influence and transcendence -- Islam: faith and reason -- Theosophical, new age, and pagan cosmologies: nature and transformation. |
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English. |
ISBN |
9780814708422 (electronic bk.) |
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0814708420 (electronic bk.) |
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9780814744451 (electronic bk.) |
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0814744451 (electronic bk.) |
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9780814717134 |
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0814717136 |
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9780814717141 |
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0814717144 |
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