City of the Good : Nature, Religion, and the Ancient Search for What Is Right /
"People have long looked to nature and the divine as paths to the good. In this panoramic meditation on the harmonious life, Michael Mayerfeld Bell traces how these two paths came to be seen as separate from human ways, and how many of today's conflicts can be traced back thousands of year...
Autor principal: | |
---|---|
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2018.
|
Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface: On Losing Your Children in the Vatican; Acknowledgments; 1 The Conundrum of the Absolute; THE PAGAN; 2 Nature Before Nature; 3 The Natural Conscience; 4 Pagan Monotheism and the Two Evils; THE BOURGEOIS; 5 Why Jesus Never Talked about Farming; 6 Great Departures; 7 Electrum Faiths; THE GOOD; 8 Nonpolitical Politics; 9 Awesome Coolness; 10 The Jewel of Truth; Notes; References; Index.