| Description |
1 online resource (185 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Heretics
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Heretics (Durham, England)
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The idea of the sacred; 2. The transient sacred; 3. Nation and humanity: sacred forms in the modern age; 4. The sacred and religion; 5. Cultivating the sacred; Further reading; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Progressive, modern societies hold the promise of the triumph of reason and the banishing of primitive, religious impulses to a bygone age. If this statement is orthodoxy to much of Western liberal thought, then Gordon Lynch''s On the Sacred is heresy. Challenging the myth of the idealized rational society, Lynch argues that emotionally-charged forms of the sacred remain an inevitable foundation of social life. Modernity has not rid us of the sacred, but merely presented us with new sacred forms focused around humanity, nature and the nation. Drawing on examples from the changing status of the. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-172) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion and sociology.
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Religion and sociology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lynch, Gordon. On the Sacred. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9781844655342 |
| ISBN |
9781317547358 (electronic book) |
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1317547357 (electronic book) |
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9781317547341 (ePub ebook) |
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1317547349 (ePub ebook) |
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9781315729916 (e-book ; PDF) |
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1315729911 (e-book ; PDF) |
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9781844655342 (paperback) 1844655342 |
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