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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN-100803267339
ISBN-139780803267336
eBay Product ID (ePID)371790
Product Key Features
Book TitlePatterns in Comparative Religion
Number of Pages510 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicReligious, Comparative Religion, General
Publication Year1996
GenreReligion, Philosophy
AuthorMircea Eliade
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight21.4 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN96-030394
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal291
SynopsisIn 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. 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., 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.