On the Ontology of the Sacred (and the Profane) 9781498573689, 9781498573696, 1498573681

On the Ontology of the Sacred (and the Profane) 9781498573689, 9781498573696, 1498573681

This book examines and clarifies the nature, meaning, significance and vitality of the sacred (and the profane), in rela

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The Kiss Sacred and Profane [Reprint 2020 ed.] 9780520348868

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Recasting Caste: From the Sacred to the Profane

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To Touch the Face of God: The Sacred, the Profane, and the American Space Program, 1957–1975 1421407884, 9781421407883

Was the space program the signature project of secular modernity or a symbol of humankind’s perpetual quest for communio

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Recasting Caste: From the Sacred to the Profane 9788132113461, 9789353880798, 9788132119807

Recasting Caste confronts the mainstream sociology of caste at its root: Louis Dumont's Homo Hierarchicus and its m

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The Profane Book of Irish Comedy 9781501744013

This laughter, the laughter of the culture's mythmakers, brings with it emotional relief, comic catharsis.

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On the Sacred 9781317547358, 9781844655342

Progressive, modern societies hold the promise of the triumph of reason and the banishing of primitive, religious impuls

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The Banisher of Madness: An Interpretation of Language as the Vessel of All Truths Sacred and Profane in the Teachings of Ibn al-Sarrāj of Baghdad 9781463241636

Born in the late 9th century Baghdad, the ʿAbbāsid grammarian ‘Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Saḥl Ibn al-Sarrāj (d. 929), came to

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Sacred Ritual, Profane Space: The Roman House as Early Christian Meeting Place 9780773554245

A reassessment of earliest Christian worship spaces as a crucible of sanctity, identity, and cultic affiliation. A rea

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The Banisher of Madness: An Interpretation of Language as the Vessel of All Truths Sacred and Profane in the Teachings of Ibn al-Sarrāj of Baghdad 9781463241629, 1463241623

The Eastern Church venerates among its saints several Early Christian women whose teaching and wisdom contribute to the

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