On the Ontology of the Sacred (And the Profane)

This book examines and clarifies the nature, meaning, significance, richness and vitality of the sacred (and the profane), and several key theories of the sacred, in the context of theological and philosophical ontology.

List of contents

Chapter 1: On the Meaning, Dimensions and Functions of the Sacred (and the Holy)

Chapter 2: The Varieties of Religious Experience

Chapter 3: The Elementary Forms of Religious Life

Chapter 4: Religious Experience, Language, Truth, and Logic

Chapter 5: Two Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives on the Sacred

Chapter 6: "The Future of an Illusion"?

Chapter 7: The Ontological Question

Chapter 8: The Path that Leads to the House of Being

Chapter 9: "A Sacred Mythic Geography": Eliade, Ontology, and the Sacred

Chapter 10: Ten Short Reflections on the Ontology of the Sacred

Bibliography

About the Author

About the author

By Raymond Aaron Younis

Product details

• Authors: Ray Younis, Raymond Aaron Younis, Younis Raymond Aaron
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781498573689
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7368-9
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Religion & Science, RELIGION / Mysticism, mysticism, Philosophy of religion, Religion & science