The mark of the sacred / Jean-Pierre Dupuy ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise.

By:

Dupuy, Jean Pierre, 1941-

Contributor(s):

DeBevoise, M. B

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Cultural memory in the presentPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]Copyright date: �2013Description: 1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780804788458 (e-book)

Uniform titles:

Marque du sacr�e. English

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mark of the sacred.DDC classification:

201/.7 23

LOC classification:

BL60 .D8613 2013eb

Online resources:

An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Contents:

Prologue : the form of the sacred -- Imagining the end : a personal journey -- Science : a theology in spite of itself -- Religion : natural vs. supernatural -- Rationality and ritual : the Babylon lottery -- Justice and resentment : corruption of the best -- The nuclear menace : a new sacrament for humanity -- Epilogue : variations on vertigo.

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"Originally published in French under the title La marque du sacr�e."

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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