The Cosmology of Lists in Ancient and Contemporary Societies

This essay is my keynote address to the conference Religions, Science and Technology in Cultural Contexts: Dynamics of Change, NTNU, Trondheim (2012), on the topic of ‘lists’: omen compendia, lists of gods, lists of the names of a god, catalogues of saints, lists of canonical books, lists of angels,...

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Main Author: Gilhus, Ingvild Sælid 1951- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Fachgebiet für Religionswissenschaft im Fachbereich 11, Philipps Universität Marburg [2020]
In: Marburg journal of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-19
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mesopotamia / Roman Empire / Norway / Religion / List / Cosmology / Rule
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BC Ancient Orient; religion
BE Greco-Roman religions
Further subjects:B Mesopotamia
B Norway
B Lists
B The Roman Empire
B Cosmology
B Institutions
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