RT Book
T1 The mark of the sacred
T2 Cultural memory in the present
A2 Dupuy, Jean-Pierre 1941-
A2 DeBevoise, M. B.
LA English
PP Stanford, California
PB Stanford University Press
YR 2013
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1653867949
AB 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
AB 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.
NO "Originally published in French under the title La marque du sacré. - Includes bibliographical references. - Description based on print version record
CN BL60
SN 0-8047-8845-6
SN 978-0-8047-8845-8
K1 Religion and sociology
K1 Catastrophical, The
K1 Faith and reason
K1 Holy, The
K1 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT ; Gaia & Earth Energies
K1 RELIGION ; Christianity ; General
K1 Electronic books