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Patterns in Comparative Religion
Mircea Eliade
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Description for Patterns in Comparative Religion
Paperback. Demonstrates universal religious experience and shows how humanity's effort to live within a sacred sphere has manifested itself in myriad cultures from ancient to modern times; and, how certain beliefs, rituals, symbols, and myths have, with interesting variations, persisted. Translator(s): Sheed, Rosemary. Num Pages: 484 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 650.
In this era of increased knowledge the essence of religious phenomena eludes the psychologists, sociologists, linguists, and other specialists because they do not study it as religious. According to Mircea Eliade, they miss the one irreducible element in religious phenomena-the element of the sacred. Eliade abundantly demonstrates universal religious experience and shows how humanity's effort to live within a sacred sphere has manifested itself in myriad cultures from ancient to modern times; how certain beliefs, rituals, symbols, and myths have, with interesting variations, persisted.
In this era of increased knowledge the essence of religious phenomena eludes the psychologists, sociologists, linguists, and other specialists because they do not study it as religious. According to Mircea Eliade, they miss the one irreducible element in religious phenomena-the element of the sacred. Eliade abundantly demonstrates universal religious experience and shows how humanity's effort to live within a sacred sphere has manifested itself in myriad cultures from ancient to modern times; how certain beliefs, rituals, symbols, and myths have, with interesting variations, persisted.
Product Details
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Weight
650g
Number of Pages
484
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803267336
SKU
V9780803267336
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About Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade's works include the multivolume History of Religious Ideas. John C. Holt is a professor of religion at Bowdoin College and the author of The Religious World of Kirti Sri: Buddhism, Art, and Politics of Late Medieval Sri Lanka.
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