"Pilgrim's (Scientific) Progress: Natural History, Vision, and Sacred Geography in Palestine"

In this thesis, I discuss the ways that three American Protestants incorporated scientific instruments and scientific language into accounts of their pilgrimages to Palestine. I argue that incorporating science into their writings about this spiritually overdetermined place offered them three major...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gorman, Henry Grey
Other Authors: Sarah Igo
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2015
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-04062015-022734/