Mining, metallurgy, and the meaning of life
Subtitle: a book of stories
By: by Roger Sworder.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Sophia Perennis
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Rafael, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781597310857
Subjects: Metallurgy -- Religious aspects; Mines and mineral resources -- Religious aspects; Metallurgy in literature
Notes: Originally published: Sydney, Australia : Quakers Hill Press, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: City of gold; title: Origins; title: Mining and the land; title: Slave mining and the right to work; title: The classical tradition; title: Homer's Smith God; title: Prometheus and Arachne; title: Plato's theory of craft; title: The biblical tradition; title: Greeks, Jews, and Egyptians; title: Genesis and Exodus; title: Solomom and Daniel; title: The New Testament; title: The medieval synthesis; title: The sainty patronage of mining and metallurgy; title: Precious metals in church worship; title: Christian alchemy; title: The symbol of the mine; title: Dragons; title: Dwarfs; title: The desacralization of work; title: The traditional work ethic; title: The Protestant work ethic; title: Blake and Wordsworth on work and nature; title: Epilogue: The nuclear age.