The Sacred in the Modern World PDF book is popular Religion book written by Gordon Lynch. The book was released by Oxford University Press, USA on 2012-02-16 with total hardcover pages 192. Fast download link is given in this page, you could read The Sacred in the Modern World by Gordon Lynch in PDF, epub and kindle directly from your devices.
Re-interpreting Durkheim's theory of the sacred, this book sets out a theory of the sacred for use across a range of humanities and social science disciplines a
The modern pilgrimage—to sites ranging from Graceland to the veterans’ annual ride to to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to Jim Morrison’s Paris grave—is
In a sweeping reconsideration of the relation between religion and modernity, Jose Casanova surveys the roles that religions may play in the public sphere of mo
It is often claimed that we live in a secular age. But we do not live in a desacralized one. Sacred forms—whether in 'religious' or 'secular' guise—continue
This work argues that there is a universal message that can be found in the study of religions. It offers a comprehensive examination of religions and their mea
