304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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What is time? How does our sense of time lead us to approach the world? How did the peoples of the past view time? This book answers these questions through an investigation of the cultures of time in Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism and the Australian Dreamtime. It argues that our contemporary world is blind as to the significance and complexity of time, preferring to believe that time is... Read more
1. Introduction - The Enigma of Being-in-time 2. The Varieties of Time 3. Theorizing Time 4. In the Beginning: Jewish Contestations of Time 5. The New Times of Christianity 6. On Dreaming Time 7. The Islamic Synthesis 8. Time and Untime - Buddhism 9. Modern Times 10. Conclusion
Biography
William Gallois
"Gallois's journey through religious conceptions of time is breathtakingly ambitious and crystal clear in its line of argumentation. Specialist and generalist readers alike will find themselves questioned, stimulated and, on occasion, productively infuriated."
–Dr Markus Daechsel, Edinburgh University"Thought-provoking, ambitious and immensely learned, this should be read by all who are interested in the cultural variety of attitudes to time. Readers should prepare for a surprise: it is rare to get so much theology in a history primer."
– Penelope J Corfield, University of London
