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Author Lane, James Eric, 1946-

Title Myth and the mechanistic universe [electronic resource] : an essay in the comparative study of religions / James Eric Lane.

Imprint Aurora, Colo. : Davies Group, Publishers, 2013.

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Description xxx, 367 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Ancient symbolic forms -- Myth and "metaphysics" -- Secret of the state -- Ritual enactment of the world -- Historiography of astronomy in ancient China -- Myth and astronomy in ancient China -- Christian myth and knowledge -- Religious forms and physical science in the modern world -- New myth of proportion, numbers, and precision -- Galileo's science of local motion -- New myth of magic and power -- Mechanistic universe -- Religious forms and physical science -- Religious forms and history -- Myth and the technicalist world -- From cosmos to history -- Myth and the mechanistic universe.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Religion and science.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781934542286 (alk. paper)
9781935790884 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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