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Ordinarily Sacred
Lynda Sexson
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Paperback. "Ordinarily Sacred" aims to illuminate the sacred quality of experience that on the surface appears mundane or secular. Through stories, metaphors, and images, the author claims, we discover the religious or the sacred in the activities of ordinary life - dreams, play and memory. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 209.
Ordinarily Sacred aims to illuminate the sacred quality of experience that on the surface appears mundane or secular. Through stories, metaphors, and images, the author claims, we discover the religious or the sacred in the activities of ordinary life - dreams, play, and memory. In these activites, the author suggests, we create texts, make meaning and imagine reality in such a way as to lend symbolic significance to life. She also suggests that through these activities, we define our relation to the divine, and to one another.
Ordinarily Sacred aims to illuminate the sacred quality of experience that on the surface appears mundane or secular. Through stories, metaphors, and images, the author claims, we discover the religious or the sacred in the activities of ordinary life - dreams, play, and memory. In these activites, the author suggests, we create texts, make meaning and imagine reality in such a way as to lend symbolic significance to life. She also suggests that through these activities, we define our relation to the divine, and to one another.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Religion and Culture
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813914169
SKU
V9780813914169
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