The Idea of the Holy
Title | The Idea of the Holy PDF eBook |
Author | R. Otto |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0195002105 |
Fundamentally an inquiry into the non-rational factor in the idea of the divine and its relation to the rational.
The Sacred and the Profane
Title | The Sacred and the Profane PDF eBook |
Author | Mircea Eliade |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1959 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780156792011 |
Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man compares with that of the nonreligious. This book serves as an excellent introduction to the history of religion, but its perspective also emcompasses philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and psychology. It will appeal to anyone seeking to discover the potential dimensions of human existence. -- P. [4] of cover.
The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies PDF eBook |
Author | Robert A. Orsi |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 443 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0521883911 |
Informative and provocative, this book introduces readers to debates in the contemporary study of religion and suggests future research possibilities.
The Idea of the Holy
Title | The Idea of the Holy PDF eBook |
Author | Rudolf Otto |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2003-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780758169822 |
The Idea of the Holy
Title | The Idea of the Holy PDF eBook |
Author | Rudolf Otto |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2021-06-27 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1666731404 |
The Book of the Holy Grail
Title | The Book of the Holy Grail PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph of Arimathea |
Publisher | Pulpless.com |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 1999-10 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 9781584451655 |
First translated into English by our country's third president, this is the Bible of Gnostic Christianity, the original source for the legends of the Holy Grail, Freemasonry, even of the Mormon Church. Its text contains the most attacked and suppressed alternative gospel of the life of Jesus, and the book disputes accounts in the traditionally accepted gospels regarding what Jesus' mission on Earth really was, what Jesus taught, and how Jesus died.
Religion, Theory, Critique
Title | Religion, Theory, Critique PDF eBook |
Author | Richard King |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 558 |
Release | 2017-07-18 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0231518242 |
Religion, Theory, Critique is an essential tool for learning about theory and method in the study of religion. Leading experts engage with contemporary and classical theories as well as non-Western cultural contexts. Unlike other collections, this anthology emphasizes the dynamic relationship between "religion" as an object of study and different methodological approaches and openly addresses the question of the manifold ways in which "religion," "secular," and "culture" are imagined within different disciplinary horizons. This volume is the first textbook which seeks to engage discussion of classical approaches with contemporary cultural and critical theories. Contributors write on the influence of the natural sciences in the study of religion; the role of European Christianity in modeling theories of religion; religious experience and the interface with cognitive science; the structure and function of religious language; the social-scientific study of religion; ritual in religion; the phenomenology of religion; critical theory and religion; embodiment and religion; the impact of colonialism and modernity; theorizing religion in terms of race and ethnicity; links among religion, nationalism, and globalization; the interplay of gender, sex, and religion; and religion and the environment. Each chapter introduces the topic, identifies key theorists and issues, and respects the pluralistic nature of the scholarship in the field. Altogether, this collection scrutinizes the explicit and implicit assumptions theorists make about religion as an object of analysis.