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Cities of God: The Bible and Archaeology in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Cities of God: The Bible and Archaeology in Nineteenth-Century Britain
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.
376 pages, 42 b/w illus.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 15, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781316625651 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 376 |
| Dimensions | 244 × 172 × 25 mm · 648 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Gange, David (University of Birmingham) |
| Editor | Ledger-Lomas, Michael (King's College London) |