Homo Religiosus: reasons for a reconsideration

Discussions on Mircea Eliade’s contributions to the study of religion are often focus on his controversial notion of the sacred, mainly deployed in his work The sacred and the Profane (1959). However, it is often disregarded that Eliade understands the sacred as closely related with another key noti...

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Main Author: López, Julian Ignacio (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: CEEOL [2020]
In: Journal for the study of religions and ideologies
Year: 2020, Volume: 19, Issue: 57, Pages: 18-31
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Eliade, Mircea 1907-1986 / Anthropology of religion / Religious consciousness
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
Further subjects:B Homo Religiosus
B Religion
B Mircea Eliade
B The Sacred: operari sequitur esse
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