The sea can wash away all evils : modern marine pollution and the ancient Cathartic Ocean /

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Kimberley Patton examines the environmental crises facing the world's oceans from the perspective of religious history. Much as the ancient Greeks believed, and Euripides wrote, that ""the sea can wash away all evils, "" a wide range of cultures have sacralized the sea, trus...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Patton, Kimberley C. (Kimberley Christine), 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Water > Religious aspects.
Ocean > Religious aspects.
Ocean.
Marine pollution.
Purity, Ritual.
Eau > Aspect religieux.
Mer > Aspect religieux.
Mer.
Pollution marine.
Pureté rituelle.
marine pollution.
oceans (marine bodies of water)
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Marine pollution
Ocean
Ocean > Religious aspects
Purity, Ritual
Water > Religious aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Kimberley Patton examines the environmental crises facing the world's oceans from the perspective of religious history. Much as the ancient Greeks believed, and Euripides wrote, that ""the sea can wash away all evils, "" a wide range of cultures have sacralized the sea, trusting in its power to wash away what is dangerous, dirty, and morally contaminating. The sea makes life on land possible by keeping it ""pure.""Patton sets out to learn whether the treatment of the world's oceans by industrialized nations arises from the same faith in their infinite and regenerative qualities.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 185 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-176) and index.
ISBN:0231510853
9780231510851

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