The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion - Softcover

Mircea Eliade

Softcover

ISBN 10: 015679201X ISBN 13: 9780156792011

Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987

Synopsis

A groundbreaking work on myth, symbol, and ritual by one of the most acclaimed historians of our time.

In The Sacred and the Profane, Mircea Eliade observes that while contemporary people believe their world is entirely profane or secular, they still at times find themselves connected unconsciously to the memory of something sacred. It's this premise that both drives Eliade's exhaustive exploration of the sacred—as it has manifested in space, time, nature and the cosmos, and life itself—and buttresses his expansive view of the human experience.

About this title

About the Author

Mircea Eliade was chairman of the department of the history of religions at the University of Chicago. Among his many books are The Myth of the Eternal Reunion, Patterns in Comparative Religion, Birth and Rebirth, and Yoga: Immorality and Freedom.

From the Back Cover

In a book of great originality and scholarship, a noted historian of religion traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times, in terms of space, time, nature and the cosmos, and life itself. The Sacred and the Profane serves as an excellent introduction to the history of religion, but its perspective also encompasses philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and psychology. It will be of concern to anyone seeking to discover the potential dimensions of human existence.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 015679201X
• ISBN 13: 9780156792011
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256