Lynch, Gordon,  1968- <br/><br/>
On the Sacred  [electronic resource]. 

 - London :  Routledge,  2014. 
 - 1 online resource (185 p.) 
 - Heretics .
 - Heretics (Durham, England) .
<br/><br/> Description based upon print version of record. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The idea of the sacred; 2. The transient sacred; 3. Nation and humanity: sacred forms in the modern age; 4. The sacred and religion; 5. Cultivating the sacred; Further reading; Bibliography; Index 
<br/><br/> Progressive, modern societies hold the promise of the triumph of reason and the banishing of primitive, religious impulses to a bygone age. If this statement is orthodoxy to much of Western liberal thought, then Gordon Lynch''s On the Sacred is heresy. Challenging the myth of the idealized rational society, Lynch argues that emotionally-charged forms of the sacred remain an inevitable foundation of social life. Modernity has not rid us of the sacred, but merely presented us with new sacred forms focused around humanity, nature and the nation. Drawing on examples from the changing status of the. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781317547358 1317547357 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion and sociology.<br/>Das Heilige.<br/>Moderne.<br/>Religion and sociology.<br/>Zivilreligion.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL60 .L955 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>301.58