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Myths in stone : religious dimensions of Washington, D.C. / Jeffrey F. Meyer.
LIBRA BL2527.W18 M49 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meyer, Jeffrey F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion.
- Washington (D.C.)--Religion.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Sacred space--Washington (D.C.).
- Sacred space.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- This is an examination of Washington DC as a secular pilgrimage site. Meyer argues that the city was conceived and executed along various axes of power and influence that suggest the central and continually contested values that inform religious and civic beliefs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-323) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520214811
- OCLC:
- 43397085
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