{"product_id":"life-catherine-michael-chin-9780520400689","title":"Life: The Natural History of an Early Christian Universe","description":"\u003cb\u003eA vivid and intimate glimpse of ancient life under the sway of cosmic and spiritual forces that the modern world has forgotten.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife \u003c\/i\u003eimmerses the reader in the cosmic sea of existences that made up the late ancient Mediterranean world. Loosely structured around events in the biography of one early Christian writer and traveler, this book weaves together the philosophical, religious, sensory, and scientific worlds of the later Roman Empire to tell the story of how human lives were lived under different natural and spiritual laws than those we now know today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book takes a highly literary and sensory approach to its subject, evoking an imagined experience of an ancient natural and supernatural world, rather than merely explaining ancient thought about the natural world. It mixes visual and literary genres to give the reader a sensory and affective experience of a thought-world that is very different from our own. An experimental intellectual history, \u003ci\u003eLife \u003c\/i\u003einvites readers into the premodern cosmos to experience a world that is at once familiar, strange, and deeply compelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Michael Chin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520400682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520400689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024","brand":"Catherine Michael Chin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44540410560767,"sku":"9780520400689","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8047e7c1-8b79-4a24-818e-9baba0af5b4a.jpg?v=1700587743","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-catherine-michael-chin-9780520400689","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}