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On the sacred / / Gordon Lynch [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Lynch Gordon <1968-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: On the sacred / / Gordon Lynch [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Durham : , : Acumen Publishing, , 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vii, 176 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 306.6
Soggetto topico: Religion and sociology
Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: The idea of the sacred -- The transient sacred -- Nation and humanity : sacred forms in the modern age -- The sacred and religion -- Cultivating the sacred.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 British monarchy, the growing influence of humanitarian NGOs and moral justifications for the invasion of Iraq, On the Sacred presents a compelling account of what the sacred is and why it still matters for us today. By the end of the book, Lynch calls us to a new understanding of our moments of deep moral certainty, challenging us to think about the harm we do in the name of what we call sacred.
Titolo autorizzato: On the sacred  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-317-54734-9
1-84465-535-0
1-317-54735-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910787939803321
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Serie: Heretics (Durham, England)