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The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason

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An edition of The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason (2002)

The Closing of the Western Mind

The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason

1 Amer ed edition

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How the early Christian Church bent the intellectual climate of the Mediterranean world from one of active and questioning inquiry to an encouragement of the subordination of the mind to authority and acceptance of incomprehensibility as the will of God.

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464

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Subjects
Church and state, Influence, Christianity, Classical influences, Hellenism, Western Civilization, Church history, Intellectual life, History, Europe, Politische Kultur, Christentum, Auswirkung, Wissenschaftliches Denken, Civilisation occidentale, Rationalisme, Église, Église et État, Primitive and early church, Vroege kerk, Vie intellectuelle, Histoire, Influence ancienne, Cultuurgeschiedenis, Hellénisme, Christianisme, Middle Ages, Civilization, western, Church and state, europe, Church history, primitive and early church, ca. 30-600, Church history, middle ages, 600-1500, Europe, history, to 476, Europe, history, 476-1492, Europe, intellectual life, New York Times reviewed
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Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600, Middle Ages, 600-1500, 476-1492, To 476

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CB245 .F73 2003

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Hardcover
Number of pages
464
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9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
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1.8 pounds

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OL8362933M
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140004085X
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9781400040858
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2002044821
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51306061
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