Patterns in Comparative Religion - Softcover

Eliade, Mircea

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803267339 ISBN 13: 9780803267336

Publisher: Bison Books, 1996

Synopsis

In this era of increased knowledge the essence of religious phenomena eludes the psychologists, sociologists, linguists, and other specialists because they do not study it as religious. According to Mircea Eliade, they miss the one irreducible element in religious phenomena―the element of the sacred. Eliade abundantly demonstrates universal religious experience and shows how humanity’s effort to live within a sacred sphere has manifested itself in myriad cultures from ancient to modern times; how certain beliefs, rituals, symbols, and myths have, with interesting variations, persisted.

About this title

About the Author

Mircea Eliade’s works include the multivolume History of Religious Ideas.

John C. Holt is a professor of religion at Bowdoin College and the author of The Religious World of Kirti Sri: Buddhism, Art, and Politics of Late Medieval Sri Lanka.

From the Back Cover

Eliade abundantly demonstrates universal religious experience and shows how humanity's effort to live within a sacred sphere has manifested itself in myriad cultures from ancient to modern times; how certain beliefs, rituals, symbols, and myths have, with interesting variations, persisted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bison Books
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803267339
• ISBN 13: 9780803267336
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 510