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The Persistence of Purgatory
The Persistence of Purgatory
Author: Richard K. Fenn
Why does Western civilization take time so seriously? While various scholars have traced the intensification of time in the West either to the Enlightenment or to the Protestant Ethic, the author traces Western attitudes toward time back to the doctrine and myth of Purgatory. As popular and theological understandings of Purgatory became increas...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521550390
ISBN-10: 0521550394
Publication Date: 1/26/1996
Pages: 217
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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