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... Christian Church . This was largely responsible for the fact that Western civilization caught up with , and then surpassed , the technical inventiveness of China , Korea , Persia , and India . Christianity not merely reconstituted the ...
... Christian Church . This was largely responsible for the fact that Western civilization caught up with , and then surpassed , the technical inventiveness of China , Korea , Persia , and India . Christianity not merely reconstituted the ...
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... Christianity , which had been easy to popularize in a Time of Troubles when no tempting alternatives were available , but ... Christian ethic : the boundless ego of Sir Giles Overreach and his fellows in the marketplace had no room for ...
... Christianity , which had been easy to popularize in a Time of Troubles when no tempting alternatives were available , but ... Christian ethic : the boundless ego of Sir Giles Overreach and his fellows in the marketplace had no room for ...
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... Christ , Jesus , [ 6 ] , 259 Christian Church , 263 Christianity , 232 Chronology , Manetho's , 175 Cistercians , 268 Cities , ancient , 208 ; new scale of , 167 City , as counterbalance to megamachine , 231 ' City in History , The ...
... Christ , Jesus , [ 6 ] , 259 Christian Church , 263 Christianity , 232 Chronology , Manetho's , 175 Cistercians , 268 Cities , ancient , 208 ; new scale of , 167 City , as counterbalance to megamachine , 231 ' City in History , The ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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