The sacred and the profane : the nature of religion / by Mircea Eliade ; translated from the French by Willard R. Trask.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Harvest book

A Harvest book

Standardized Title:

Heilige und das Profane. English

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

256 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

San Diego ; London : Harcourt Inc., 1987.

Summary:

In a book of great originality and scholarship, a noted historian of religion traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times, in terms of space, time, nature and the cosmos, and life itself. The Sacred and the Profane serves as an excellent introduction to the history of religion, but its perspective also encompasses philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and psychology. It will be of concern to anyone seeking to discover the potential dimensions of human existence.

Contents:

Sacred space and making the world sacred

Sacred time and myths

The sacredness of nature and cosmic religion

Human existence and sanctified life

Notes:

"This book was originally translated from the French into German and published ... under the title: Das Heilige und das Profane" - t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-243) and index.

ISBN:

015679201X

9780156792011

OCLC:

812190860