The Sacred and the Profane - The Nature of Religion

A groundbreaking work on myth, symbol, and ritual by one of the most acclaimed historians of our time.

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.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Mircea 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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mircea Eliade
• Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 23.10.1968
• EAN: 9780156792011
• ISBN: 978-0-15-679201-1
• Seiten: 256
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Gewicht: 204 g
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Islam, Buddhism, Theology, Christianity, History of Religion, Judaism, Reference works, Philosophy of religion, Religion and beliefs, religion;religious books, Social groups: religious groups and communities, RELIGION: Christian Theology / Apologetics, PHILOSOPHY: RELIGION, RELIGION: WORLD RELIGIONS, RELIGION: Islam / History, RELIGION: Reference, RELIGION: Buddhism / History, religion;religious books;1967;1968;1969, religion;religious books;religious, RELIGION: Hinduism / History, Philosophy / Religion, Religion / World Religions