Water : a spiritual history /: a spiritual history. (2012)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Water : a spiritual history /: a spiritual history. (2012)
- Main Title:
- Water : a spiritual history
- Further Information:
- Note: Ian Bradley.
- Other Names:
- Bradley, Ian C
- Contents:
- FC; Half title; By the same author; Title; Copyright; Quotes; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements ; 1 The spiritual significance of water in the world's major religions ; 2 Classical, Celtic and early Christian attitudes to water ; 3 Medieval holy wells ; 4 The rise of spas -- a Protestant approach to water 5 Romanticism and antiquarianism in the 18th and 19th centuries 6 Water is best -- hydropathy, temperance and the cult of cleanliness ; 7 Visions and miracles -- the rediscovery of holy water in the late 19th century 8 The dawning of the Age of Aquarius -- spiritual approaches to water in the 20th century 9 Water today -- holistic hedonism, overflowing fonts and disappearing rivers ; Appendix: 10 places in which to experience the spirituality of water -- a personal selection ; Notes ; Bibliography
- Publisher Details:
- London New York : Bloomsbury
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xi, 287 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 202.12
Water -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General
RELIGION -- Theology
Water -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781441177735
1441177736
9781441167675
1441167676 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781441111739
1441111735 - Notes:
- Note: Print version record.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.421490
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