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The sacred and the profane
the nature of religion
Mircea Eliade · 1959 · 256 pages
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Mircea Eliade, one of the greatest scholars of comparative religion, offers a fundamental investigation into the human experience of the sacred across different cultures and historical periods. The book explores how the sacred manifests in rituals, spaces, time, and objects, contrasting it with the profane, and how this distinction shapes religious and cultural consciousness.
With clear erudition and a rigorous comparative method, Eliade provides the reader with conceptual tools for understanding not only specific religions, but the deep structure of human spiritual experience.
Book details
| Author | Mircea Eliade |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Sacred and The Profane |
| Year of publication | 1959 |
| Pages | 256 |
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