The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion

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The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion

Name: The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion
ISBN: 9780156792011

Mircea Eliade, Willard R. Trask

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In The Sacred and the Profane, Mircea Eliade observes that while contemporary people believe their world is entirely profane, or secular, they still at times find themselves connected unconsciously to the memory of something sacred. It's this premise that both drives Eliade's exhaustive exploration of the sacred—as it has manifested in space, time, nature and the cosmos, and life itself—and buttresses his expansive view of the human experience.

From the Back CoverIn a book of great originality and scholarship, a noted historian of religion traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times, in terms of space, time, nature and the cosmos, and life itself. The Sacred and the Profane serves as an excellent introduction to the history of religion, but its perspective also encompasses philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and psychology. It will be of concern to anyone seeking to discover the potential dimensions of human existence.About the AuthorMircea Eliade was chairman of the department of the history of religions at the University of Chicago. Among his many books are The Myth of the Eternal Reunion, Patterns in Comparative Religion, Birth and Rebirth, and Yoga: Immorality and Freedom.

Catégories:

Religion & Spirituality - Religious Studies

Année:

1987

Edition:

First Edition

Editeur::

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Langue:

english

Pages:

256