ISBN10: 9155441998, ISBN13: 9789155441999, [publisher: Uppsala University Library] Softcover 24x16cm, 423 pages., Series: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Historia Religionum 14. Some wear. A chip to dustwrapper. Good. Full title reads: "Being Religious and Living through the Eyes : Studies in Religious Iconography and Iconology : A Celebratory Publication in Honour of Professor Jan Bergman, Faculty of Theology, Uppsala University, Published on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday, June 2, 1998". A festschrift containing 22 papers. Includes: Jan Bergman: a bibliography / Anders Hultgard, Michael Stausberg; The gods appear: from vision to possession: remarks on visualisation and visibility in Tibetan religion / Per-Arne Berglie; The Lakulisa of Arittapatti / Erik af Edholm ;Ikonographische memoiren / Carl-Martin Edsman;; Boat or buffalo? Some reflections on the symbolism of the Tongkonan house in Sulawesi / Monica Engelhart; The eye of the mind and religious experience in the Shu theology from the Egyptian middle kingdom / Gertie Englund; The cross, the snake, and the lotus / Tord Fornberg; Divine visualisations / Antoon Geels; The human desire to converse with the divine / Lars Hartman;; Islam: the universal religion as expressed through Muslim architecture / Christer Hedin; A Hajj certificate from the early 20th century / Jan Hjarpe; Religious architecture and religious experience / Nils G. Holm; the magi and the star: the Persian background in texts and iconog ...
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Some wear. A chip to dustwrapper. Good. History of Religion Uppsala University Library Uppsala Date: 1998 orig. wrappers 24x16cm, 423 pages., Series: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Historia Religionum 14. 1998. Uppsala University Library ISBN 9155441998 9789155441999 [DK]