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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Aurora, Colo. : Davies Group, Publishers, 2013.Description: xxx, 367 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 201/.65 23
LOC classification:
  • BL240.3 .L365 2013eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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