The Dark Domain and the Morning Star: Cosmic Imaginaries, Our Fallen World, and the Light of Christ
“You must go out on a starry night and walk about for half an hour trying to see the sky in terms of the old cosmology.” C.
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"which may be among the best publication names on the platform" (David Bentley Hart) • not even Solomon in all his glory
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