The mark of the sacred
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, prophet of what he calls ""enlightened doomsaying, "" has long warned that modern society is on a path to self-destruction. In this book, he pleads for a subversion of this crisis from within, arguing that it is our lopsided view of religion and reason that has...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Stanford, California
Stanford University Press
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Series/Journal: | Cultural memory in the present
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious sociology
/ The Sacred
/ Sacralization
B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
| Further subjects: | B
Holy, The
B Religion and sociology B BODY, MIND & SPIRIT ; Gaia & Earth Energies B Faith and reason B Electronic books B RELIGION ; Christianity ; General B Catastrophical, The |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
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| Summary: | Jean-Pierre Dupuy, prophet of what he calls ""enlightened doomsaying, "" has long warned that modern society is on a path to self-destruction. In this book, he pleads for a subversion of this crisis from within, arguing that it is our lopsided view of religion and reason that has set us on this course. In denial of our sacred origins and hubristically convinced of the powers of human reason, we cease to know our own limits: our disenchanted world leaves us defenseless against a headlong rush into the abyss of global warming, nuclear holocaust, and the other catastrophes that loom on our ho Prologue : the form of the sacred -- Imagining the end : a personal journey -- Science : a theology in spite of itself -- Religion : natural vs. supernatural -- Rationality and ritual : the Babylon lottery -- Justice and resentment : corruption of the best -- The nuclear menace : a new sacrament for humanity -- Epilogue : variations on vertigo. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in French under the title La marque du sacré. - Includes bibliographical references. - Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | Online Ressource (pages cm.) |
| ISBN: | 0-8047-8845-6 978-0-8047-8845-8 |
