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Religion and civilization

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Civilization

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Images from the collections

Images about Religion and civilization

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  • A hermit in devotion before the Cross, turning his back on children with instruments of arts and sciences (a lute, a celestial globe, a book, and a paintbrush). Etching.

Works from the collections

5 works

    • Books

    Holding up a mirror : how civilizations decline / Anne Glyn-Jones.

    Glyn-Jones, Anne, 1923- | Date: 1996
    • Books

    God is not great : how religion poisons everything / Christopher Hitchens.

    Hitchens, Christopher | Date: 2008
    • Books

    Man, religion, and science / by Oscar Zaglits.

    Zaglits, Oscar. | Date: [1982], ©1982
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    A hermit in devotion before the Cross, turning his back on children with instruments of arts and sciences (a lute, a celestial globe, a book, and a paintbrush). Etching.

    | Reference: 29507i
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    • Online

    Empire to commonwealth : consequences of monotheism in late antiquity / Garth Fowden.

    Fowden, Garth. | Date: c1993

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