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Religion and culture / Christopher Dawson ; with an introduction by Gerald J. Russello.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Dawson, Christopher, Works ; Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 186 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813221342
  • 081322134X
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion and cultureDDC classification:
  • 306.6 23
LOC classification:
  • BL55 .D32 2013eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction / Gerald J. Russello -- Natural Theology and the Scientific Study of Religion -- The Elements of Religion : God and the Supernatural -- The Relation between Religion and Culture -- The Sources of Religious Knowledge and the Religious Organs of Society : (I) Prophets and Divination -- The Sources of Religious Knowledge and the Religious Organs of Society : (II) Priesthood and Sacrifice -- The Sources of Religious Knowledge and the Religious Organs of Society : (III) Kingship -- The Divine Order and the Order of Nature, Sacred Science -- The Divine Order and the Social Order, Sacred Law -- The Divine Order and the Spiritual Life, The Way of Perfection -- Religion and Cultural Change.
Summary: This book was first presented by historian Christopher Dawson as part of the prestigious Gifford Lecture series in 1947. It sets out the thesis for which he became famous: religion is the key of history.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)943598

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Print version record.

Introduction / Gerald J. Russello -- Natural Theology and the Scientific Study of Religion -- The Elements of Religion : God and the Supernatural -- The Relation between Religion and Culture -- The Sources of Religious Knowledge and the Religious Organs of Society : (I) Prophets and Divination -- The Sources of Religious Knowledge and the Religious Organs of Society : (II) Priesthood and Sacrifice -- The Sources of Religious Knowledge and the Religious Organs of Society : (III) Kingship -- The Divine Order and the Order of Nature, Sacred Science -- The Divine Order and the Social Order, Sacred Law -- The Divine Order and the Spiritual Life, The Way of Perfection -- Religion and Cultural Change.

This book was first presented by historian Christopher Dawson as part of the prestigious Gifford Lecture series in 1947. It sets out the thesis for which he became famous: religion is the key of history.