Cover illustration: The Ancient of Days. Fourteenth-century mural from St. George Monastery in Ubisi, Imereti, Georgia.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Raybould, Robin, author.
Title: Elitism and the approach to God / by Robin Raybould.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025] | Series: Brill’s studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; volume 359 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2025013395 (print) | LCCN 2025013396 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004504288 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004527157 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Religious education—Europe—History. | God—Knowableness. | Elite (Social sciences)—Attitudes. | Religion and sociology—Europe—History.
Classification: LCC BL42.5.E85 R39 2025 (print) | LCC BL42.5.E85 (ebook) | DDC 212—dc23/eng/20250610
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025013395
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025013396
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ISSN 0920-8607
ISBN 978-90-04-50428-8 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-52715-7 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004527157
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