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On the Sacred /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lynch, Gordon, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2014.
Colección:Heretics (Durham, England)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.