Eliade, Mircea
Patterns in Comparative Religion
- ISBN 13:
- 9780803267336
- author:
- Eliade, Mircea
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Nebraska Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1996
- Pages:
- 484
- Dimensions:
- 13.97 x 2.54 x 21.59 centimetres
- Genre:
- Religion: general
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Patterns in Comparative Religion explores the universal elements that underlie human religious experience. Mircea Eliade argues that scholars from various disciplines often overlook the essential aspect of religion, which is the sacred.
Eliade's work demonstrates how humanity's quest to live within a sacred sphere has manifested itself across cultures and time periods. He examines the persistence of certain beliefs, rituals, symbols, and myths with interesting variations in different societies.
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