{"product_id":"not-etched-in-stone-marie-a-conn-9780761837022","title":"Not Etched in Stone: Essays on Ritual Memory, Soul, and Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe essays presented by Professors Marie A. Conn and Thérèse McGuire examine stone and water as vehicles of ritual memory through the lenses of various disciplines. In seven concise yet revealing chapters, the authors examine instances throughout history and unbound by geography of stone and water as real or abstract objects that shape our lives, possibly without our notice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChapters topics include: \u003cbr\u003e-Water as a vehicle for ritual memory from the earliest days of human history to the present-day.\u003cbr\u003e-An investigation of the aesthetic principles of the Middle Ages up to the Gothic styles of cathedrals in North America.\u003cbr\u003e-Julian of Norwich, the famous cloistress, walled in by stone in comparison to Etty Hillesum, a WWII-era mystic, whose small desk used to write her revealing diaries became her stone cloister cell.\u003cbr\u003e-The Irish, water, and stone in Finnegan's Wake.\u003cbr\u003e-Warming the \"stone heart\" of a child pummeled by the foster care system.\u003cbr\u003e-The lack of clean water that contributes to wide-spread disease.\u003cbr\u003e-Group behavior and the eventualities of war through stone-like, (uncooperative and hardened) psychological states.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marie A. Conn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0761837027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780761837022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.06w x 0.43d","brand":"Marie A. Conn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443660566783,"sku":"9780761837022","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d231d658-d52f-4eb5-b0f3-f49c3f8b690b.jpg?v=1777206956","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-etched-in-stone-marie-a-conn-9780761837022","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}