The Sacred: Differentiating, Clarifying and Extending Concepts

Disparate uses of the term "sacred" are illustrated, and three categories of meaning are suggested: religious, transcendent, and set apart. The latter concept is differentiated from the other two, and its conceptual and linguistic relationships to them explored. The set-apart sacred is the...

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Main Author: Evans, Matthew T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2003
In: Review of religious research
Year: 2003, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 32-47
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