The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion

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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 co ected 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.

Author Mircea Eliade Author Info Mircea Eliade was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. One of the most influential scholars of religion of the 20th century and interpreter of religious experience, he established paradigms in religious studies that persist to this day. ISBN-13 978-0156792011 Publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publication Date October 2, 1987 (Originally Published 1957) Edition Later Printing Binding Paperback Condition New Page Count 256 Pages