The Sacred and the Profane

The Sacred and the Profane
Author :
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 268
Release :
ISBN-10 : 015679201X
ISBN-13 : 9780156792011
Rating : 4/5 (011 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Sacred and the Profane by : Mircea Eliade

Download or read book The Sacred and the Profane written by Mircea Eliade and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1959 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man compares with that of the nonreligious. This book serves as an excellent introduction to the history of religion, but its perspective also emcompasses philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and psychology. It will appeal to anyone seeking to discover the potential dimensions of human existence. -- P. [4] of cover.


The Sacred and the Profane Related Books

The Sacred and the Profane
Language: en
Pages: 268
Authors: Mircea Eliade
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1959 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

GET EBOOK

Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nou
Profane Landscapes, Sacred Spaces
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Miroslav Bárta
Categories: Environmental archaeology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: New Directions in Anthropological Archaeology

GET EBOOK

Ever since Herodotus, it has been observed that Egypt - that is, ancient Egyptian civilisation - was a gift of the Nile. However, only recently have Egyptologis
Sacred Places and Profane Spaces
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Jamie S. Scott
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991-09-30 - Publisher: Praeger

GET EBOOK

The editors and contributors to this pioneering volume have focused the lense of geography on new territory as they inquire critically into the spatial dimensio
Spaces for the Sacred
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: Philip Sheldrake
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-01-31 - Publisher: JHU Press

GET EBOOK

In Spaces for the Sacred, Philip Sheldrake brilliantly reveals the connection between our rootedness in the places we inhabit and the construction of our person
American Sacred Space
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: David Chidester
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-11-22 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

GET EBOOK

In a series of pioneering studies, this book examines the creation—and the conflict behind the creation—of sacred space in America. The essays in this volum