Profane Sacred

Author : Mircea Eliade
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 015679201X

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The Sacred and the Profane by Mircea Eliade Pdf

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.

Author : Anne Warfield Rawls
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005-05-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780511079146

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Epistemology and Practice by Anne Warfield Rawls Pdf

In this original and controversial book Professor Rawls argues that Durkheim's The Elementary Forms of Religious Life is the crowning achievement of his sociological endeavour and that since its publication in English in 1915 it has been consistently misunderstood. Rather than a work on primitive religion or the sociology of knowledge, Rawls asserts that it is an attempt by Durkheim to establish a unique epistemological basis for the study of sociology and moral relations. By privileging social practice over beliefs and ideas, it avoids the dilemmas inherent in philosophical approaches to knowledge and morality that are based on individualism and the tendency to privilege beliefs and ideas over practices, both tendencies that dominate western thought. Based on detailed textual analysis of the primary text, this book will be an important and original contribution to contemporary debates on social theory and philosophy.

Author : William Arnal,Russell T. McCutcheon
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199757114

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The Sacred Is the Profane by William Arnal,Russell T. McCutcheon Pdf

The Sacred is the Profane collects nine essays by William Arnal and Russell McCutcheon that advance current scholarly debates on secularism-debates. The essays return, again and again, to the question of what "religion"—word and concept—accomplishes, now, for those who employ it, whether at the popular, political, or scholarly level. The focus here is on the efficacy, costs, and the tactical work carried out by dividing the world between religious and political, church and state, sacred and profane.

Author : R C (Robert Charles) 1913 Zaehner
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1013534026

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Mysticism Sacred and Profane by R C (Robert Charles) 1913 Zaehner Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Gabriele Paleotti
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606061169

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Discourse on Sacred and Profane Images by Gabriele Paleotti Pdf

In the wake of the Counter-Reformation, Cardinal Gabriele Paleotti, the archbishop of Bologna, wrote a remarkable treatise on art during a time when the Church feared rampant abuse in the arts. Paleotti's 'Discourse on Sacred and Profane Images' argues that art should address a broad audience and explains the painter's responsibility to his spectators.

Author : Jake Kinzey
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780990354

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The Sacred And The Profane by Jake Kinzey Pdf

The Sacred and the Profane is a work that combines local and global analysis to examine our age's often-talked about, but mostly misunderstood, 'mainstream subculture': the hipster. This book seeks to answer questions like, 'Why don't hipsters want to be called hipsters?' and 'Why do they act like they are different when they are just like all the other hipsters?' If you can't stand hipsters, are a hipster, or don't know what a hipster is, this book is for you. ,

Author : Andrew Graham Dixon
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780141962948

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Caravaggio by Andrew Graham Dixon Pdf

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. The worlds of Milan, Rome and Naples through which Caravaggio moved and which Andrew Graham-Dixon describes brilliantly in this book, are those of cardinals and whores, prayer and violence. On the streets surrounding the churches and palaces, brawls and swordfights were regular occurrences. In the course of this desperate life Caravaggio created the most dramatic paintings of his age, using ordinary men and women - often prostitutes and the very poor - to model for his depictions of classic religious scenes. Andrew Graham-Dixon's exceptionally illuminating readings of Caravaggio'spictures, which are the heart of the book, show very clearly how he created their drama, immediacy and humanity, and how completely he departed from the conventions of his time.

Author : Irene García Losquiño,Olof Sundqvist,Declan Taggart
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Europe, Northern
ISBN : 250358604X

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Making the Profane Sacred in the Viking Age by Irene García Losquiño,Olof Sundqvist,Declan Taggart Pdf

The contributions in this volume by world-leading scholars of archaeology, history, history of religion, literature and onomastics provide new insights into the construction of the sacred in Old Norse culture and society. The term 'sacred' is often used in relation to the pre-Christian religions of Iron Age and medieval Scandinavia. But what did sacred really mean? What made something sacred for people? Why was one particular person, place, act, or text perceived to hold a sacral quality, while others remained profane? And what impact did such sacrality have on wider society, culture, politics, and economics, both for contemporaries and for future generations? This volume seeks to engage with such questions by drawing together essays from many of the pre-eminent scholars of Old Norse in order to reinterpret the concept of the sacred in the Viking Age North and to challenge pre-existing frameworks for understanding the sacred in this space and time. Including essays from Margaret Clunies Ross, Stephen Mitchell, John Lindow, and Judy Quinn, it is a treasury of commentary and information that ranges widely across theories and sources of evidence to present significant primary research and reconsiderations of existing scholarship. This edited collection is dedicated to Stefan Brink, an outstanding figure in the study of early Scandinavian language, society, and culture, and it takes as its inspiration the diversity, interdisciplinarity and vitality of his own research in order to make a major new contribution to the field of Old Norse studies.

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : Random House
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781407019963

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The Sacred And Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch Pdf

Montague Small, an obsessive writer of detective thrillers, mourns his lately dead wife, who may or may not have been unfaithful to him. His attempts at meditation are a failure. He detests his fictional detective. His interest in his neighbour's difficulties and his neighbour's wife appear to be his only consolations after all. The neighbour, Blaise Gavender, is an amateur psychotherapist who has seen through himself. Has Blaise the courage to change his life and become an honest man? What is honesty in any case? Blaise's wife Harriet lives for love, love of her husband, love of her son. She if fond of Monty too. Emily McHugh is quite another matter. She too lives for love: for love and justice and revenge, aided and incited by her ambiguous friend Constance Pinn. Emily's son Luca, a very disturbed child, becomes the subject of a tug of war between two possessive women. Edgar Demornay, a distinguished scholar, also blunders into the fray; he adores Monty and falls in love with Monty's women. A deed of violence finally solves many problems. This is a story of different loves; and of how a man may need two women in such a way that he can be happy with neither. Sacred and profane love are related opposites; the one enjoyed renders the other necessary, so that the ever unsatisfied heart swings constantly to and fro.

Author : David Weiss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1412547672

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Sacred and Profane by David Weiss Pdf

Author : Raymond Aaron Younis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498573696

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On the Ontology of the Sacred (and the Profane) by Raymond Aaron Younis Pdf

This book examines and clarifies the nature, meaning, significance and vitality of the sacred (and the profane), in relation to some of the diverse religions of the world and the rich and multifarious traditions of the sacred in many cultures and times, in the context of ontology (broadly, the philosophical study or investigation of being). It provides incisive critical analyses and evaluations of many important contributions to our understanding of the sacred, and the holy, especially in relation to the world's religions, religious experience, religious insight or knowledge, metaphysics, mythology and mysticism. A number of important theories and explanations are also critically analyzed and evaluated, including the numinous theory of the sacred and the holy (Otto), the psychodynamic theory (Freud), the sociological theory (Durkheim), empirical theories (Russell and Ayer), the ontological question (Heidegger) and the hierophantic theory (Eliade)—among others. The book concludes with a number of reflections on the ontology of the sacred (and the profane) in relation to philosophy and science, that will open up new pathways of thinking, reflection and investigation in the 21st century.

Author : Carol Crown,Charles Russell
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 1578069165

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Sacred and Profane by Carol Crown,Charles Russell Pdf

A sustained critical assessment of southern folk art and self-taught art and artists

Author : Nicolas J. Perella
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520373907

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The Kiss Sacred and Profane by Nicolas J. Perella Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969.

Author : Marcy Norton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801476321

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Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures by Marcy Norton Pdf

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.

Author : Faye Kellerman
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061827891

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Sacred and Profane by Faye Kellerman Pdf

Available for the first time in a Premium edition, one of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Faye Kellerman’s fan-favorite Decker/Lazurus novels.