In Between: The Holy Beyond Modern Dichotomies
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword; Body; 1. TheReturnof theHoly and LateModernity; 2. The Holy and Modern Dichotomies; 3. The Profane Revisited; 4. Taboo and Impurity; 5. The Sacred, the Uncanny, and Sacred Violence; 6. Manifestations of the Holy : The Symbol, the Sacrament,...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Göttingen
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Edition: | Online-Ausg. |
| Series/Journal: | Research in Contemporary Religion (RCR)
v.6 EBL-Schweitzer |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
The Holy
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| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Grail B Psychotherapy B Electronic books |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: In Between : Theoretical Perspectives: |
| Summary: | Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword; Body; 1. TheReturnof theHoly and LateModernity; 2. The Holy and Modern Dichotomies; 3. The Profane Revisited; 4. Taboo and Impurity; 5. The Sacred, the Uncanny, and Sacred Violence; 6. Manifestations of the Holy : The Symbol, the Sacrament, and the Sublime in Art; 7. Interstice and Weak Holiness; References; Index of Names ; Back Cover Thanks to the recent »return to religion«, the holy has become a relevant issue in public debate, as is suggested by concepts such as »re-sacralization« and »re-enchantment«. Holy war and religiously motivated terrorist attacks, the fascination in popular culture for subjects such as the Holy Grail (as in Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code), new spiritual longings both within and outside institutional religion - all testify to the new religious climate. This situation calls for a reassessment of both classical and new theories about the holy.Espen Dahl offers a theoretical account of the holy. Central |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 3647604410 |