02713cam a2200541Mu 4500 ocn893333344 OCoLC 20200709060245.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 141018s2014 enk o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP N$T 9781317547358 electronic bk. 1317547357 electronic bk. (OCoLC)893333344 869673 (N$T) BL60 .L955 2014 SOC 002000 bisacsh SOC 053000 bisacsh SOC 026000 bisacsh 301.58 23 N$TA Lynch, Gordon, 1968- On the Sacred [electronic resource]. London : Routledge, 2014. 1 online resource (185 p.) Heretics Description based upon print version of record. Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The idea of the sacred; 2. The transient sacred; 3. Nation and humanity: sacred forms in the modern age; 4. The sacred and religion; 5. Cultivating the sacred; Further reading; Bibliography; Index Progressive, modern societies hold the promise of the triumph of reason and the banishing of primitive, religious impulses to a bygone age. If this statement is orthodoxy to much of Western liberal thought, then Gordon Lynch''s On the Sacred is heresy. Challenging the myth of the idealized rational society, Lynch argues that emotionally-charged forms of the sacred remain an inevitable foundation of social life. Modernity has not rid us of the sacred, but merely presented us with new sacred forms focused around humanity, nature and the nation. Drawing on examples from the changing status of the. Religion and sociology. Das Heilige. Moderne. Religion and sociology. Zivilreligion. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Lynch, Gordon On the Sacred Hoboken : Taylor and Francis,c2014 9781844655342 Heretics (Durham, England) http://public.eblib.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=1815528 Ebook Library EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=869673 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1815528 EBSCOhost EBSC 869673 cpp6029 02 N$T 55626 55626