Cities of god: the bible and archaeology in nineteenth-century britain
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781316625651
Date de publication :
15 sept. 2016
Dimensions :
24,5 x 17,0 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
660 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In unearthing the cities of the Bible, archaeology transformed nineteenth-century thinking on the truth of Christianity and its place in modern cities. This book shows how anxieties about Christianity's fate in the urban world made cities from Jerusalem to Rome contested models for the role of Christianity in modern culture.