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Cities of God: The Bible and Archaeology in Nineteenth-Century Britain

[Hardback]

by David Gange

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Cambridge University Press

    • Published

      October 2013

    • Weight

      886g

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    Cities of God: The Bible and Archaeology in Nineteenth-Century Britain

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    The history of archaeology is generally told as the making of a secular discipline. In nineteenth-century Britain, however, archaeology was enmeshed with questions of biblical authority and so with religious as well as narrowly scholarly concerns. In unearthing the cities of the Eastern Mediterranean, travellers, archaeologists and their popularisers transformed thinking on the truth of Christianity and its place in modern cities. This happened at a time when anxieties over the unprecedented rate of urbanisation in Britain coincided with critical challenges to biblical truth. In this context, cities from Jerusalem to Rome became contested models for the adaptation of Christianity to modern urban life. Using sites from across the biblical world, this book evokes the appeal of the ancient city to diverse groups of British Protestants in their arguments with one another and with their secular and Catholic rivals about the vitality of their faith in urban Britain.

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    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Cambridge University Press

    • Published

      October 2013

    • Weight

      886g

    • Dimensions

      171 x 249 x 26 mm

    • ISBN

      9781107004245

    • ISBN-10

      1107004241

    • Eden Code

      4720207

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    • ISBN: 9781107004245

    • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

    • Release Date: October 2013

    • Weight: 886g

    • Dimensions: 171 x 249 x 26 mm

    • Eden Code: 4720207


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