The Sacred and the Profane
The Sacred and the Profane

Author: Mircea Eliade

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1959

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780156792011

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Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man compares with that of the nonreligious. This book serves as an excellent introduction to the history of religion, but its perspective also emcompasses philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and psychology. It will appeal to anyone seeking to discover the potential dimensions of human existence. -- P. [4] of cover.

Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures
Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures

Author: Marcy Norton

Publisher:

Published: 2010-01

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780801476327

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Traces European encounters and use of tobacco and cacao and its eventual commodification into a major business from the earliest period through the seventeenth century.

The Poimandres as Myth
The Poimandres as Myth

Author: Robert A. Segal

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2014-10-15

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 3110860112

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Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.

The Oxford Companion to World Mythology
The Oxford Companion to World Mythology

Author: David Leeming

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005-11-17

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 0195156692

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An interesting and lively book that contains articles on heros, villains, mythologists and mythological approaches.

The Mythology of Modern Law
The Mythology of Modern Law

Author: Peter Fitzpatrick

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1134890516

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The Mythology of Modern Law is a radical reappraisal of the role of myth in modern society. Peter Fitzpatrick uses the example of law, as an integral category of modern social thought, to challenge the claims of modernity which deny the relevance of myth to modern society.