The many faces of God : (Record no. 3189)
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| control field | 06A29F337F634EA790CC8B4154E1CD16 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | VSN5 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20161128051337.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 060530s2006 nyu b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2006017845 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780393061796 (hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0393061795 (hardcover) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (IMchF)fol11208244 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| -- | ICrlF |
| -- | VSN5 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | pcc |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) | |
| Holding library | VSN5 |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | BL245 |
| Item number | .C34 2006 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 215 |
| Edition number | 22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Campbell, Jeremy, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1931- |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The many faces of God : |
| Remainder of title | science's 400-year quest for images of the divine / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Jeremy Campbell. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Norton, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xix, 314 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 510 0# - CITATION/REFERENCES NOTE | |
| Name of source | Booklist starred |
| 510 0# - CITATION/REFERENCES NOTE | |
| Name of source | Kirkus Review |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Examines the ways scientific discoveries have transformed interpretations of God and religious faith since the seventeenth century, exploring several faiths, arguing that religions secretly fear science will "explain God away," and discussing the relationship between twenty-first-century technology and theology, calling for religion to separate itself in order to strengthen itself. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Smashing the idols -- God's immensity, man's dilemma -- Angels come out of hiding -- The technical Trinity -- The sweet deceits of piety -- "Almost like a contagious disease" -- Getting God wrong -- Strangeness and the quest for the divine -- "One of history's great losers" -- A cool mediator -- Simplifying the divine -- "People simply cannot be religious any more" -- Secularizing the sacred -- The private and the public -- Cutting God down to size -- Reasoning God into existence -- The uses of paradox -- Ironic theology -- Democratizing transcendence -- God's biography -- The bagginess of nature -- The tiger and the lamb. |
| 521 2# - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE | |
| Target audience note | Adult |
| Source | Follett Library Resources |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Religion and science |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | God. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Religion and science |
| General subdivision | History. |
| Source of heading or term | sears |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | God. |
| Source of heading or term | sears |
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